Detection of Throat Disorders Based on Thermal Image Using Digital Image Processing Methods

Throat disorders are often considered trivial for some people, but if they are not treated immediately they can result in more severe conditions and require a longer time to cure this disorder. Objective, safe and comfortable detection of throat disorders is important because throat disorders are an indication of inflammation which, if not treated immediately, can have negative consequences. This research aims to detect throat disorders based on thermal images using digital image processing methods. Image capture was carried out with the same color pallete range on the camera, namely 33°C-38°C. The image obtained is then cropped in the ROI, then the image is threshold with a gray degree of 190. Pixels that have a gray degree above 190 are converted to white, while those below the threshold are converted to black. Next, the percentage of each white and black area is calculated compared to the total ROI area. If the percentage of white area is greater than 38% compared to the area of "‹"‹the throat then it is identified as having a throat disorder, whereas if the percentage of white is less than 38% then it is identified as not having a throat disorder. The detection program created provides an accuracy of 87.5% on sample data of 8 test data.