Monitoring of periorbital blood flow rate through thermal image analysis and its application to polygraph testing

I. Pavlidis, J. Levine

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Abstract

In the present paper we describe a novel method for scoring polygraph tests using thermal image analysis. Our method features three stages: image acquisition, physiological correlation, and pattern classification. First, we acquire facial thermal imagery using an accurate mid-infrared camera. Then, we transform the raw thermal data to blood flow rate data through thermodynamic modeling. Finally, we classify the subject as deceptive or non-deceptive based on the nearest-neighbor classification method. We perform our analysis on the periorbital area of the subject's faces. Our previous research [1][2] has indicated that the periorbital area is the facial area affected the most from blood flow redistribution during anxious states. We present promising experimental results from 18 subjects. We henceforth anticipate that thermal image analysis will play an increasingly important role in polygraph testing as an additional scoring channel. Our ultimate objective is to increase the accuracy and reliability of polygraph testing through the fusion of traditional invasive 1D physiological measurements with novel non-invasive 2D physiological measurements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAnnual Reports of the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University
Pages2826-2829
Number of pages4
Volume3
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Oct 25 2001Oct 28 2001

Other

Other23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period10/25/0110/28/01

Keywords

  • Blood flow rate
  • Far-infrared
  • Mid-infrared
  • Nearest neighbor classification
  • Polygraph testing
  • Thermal imaging
  • Thermodynamic modeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering

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