Visual analysis of the application of infrared thermography in syndrome diagnosis and efficacy evaluation based on CiteSpace
Objective To explore the application of infrared thermography(IRT)in syndrome diagnosis and efficacy evaluation.Methods Clinical research literatures on IRT in syndrome diagnosis and efficacy evaluation were retrieved from CNKI,Wanfang,and VIP database from the building of database to October 2022.CiteSpace 5.7.R5 was used to visually analyze the authors,institutions,and keywords of the included literatures.Results A total of 220 literatures were included,and the number of publication showed a rising trend from 1990 to 2022.The author with the most papers was Wang Ping,and the institution with the most papers was the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.A total of 12 keyword clusters and 21 emergent keywords were found.Conclusion IRT is widely used in syndrome diagnosis and efficacy evaluation,but there is no stable research team in this field,and the research force is scattered due to the lack of cross-regional research cooperation.