Ahmet Bayrak

Ahmet Bayrak

Articles by Ahmet Bayrak

4 articles
Infrared image showing thermal asymmetry at a football player’s ankle and lower leg. Injury Tracking

Thermal Asymmetry Dynamics After Ankle Injury

This blog summarizes a study that examined how thermal asymmetry changed on training days 1 and 14 in football players with and…

4 min
Post-training thermal image showing side-to-side temperature difference at the rectus femoris. Injury Tracking

Training-Load Responses After Rectus Femoris Recovery

Two elite football players who returned to sport after conservative and surgical treatment were compared under the same training load using infrared…

4 min
Thermal image showing increased temperature in the right sartorius muscle after exercise. Injury Tracking

Exercise-Provoked Thermography Uncovers Sartorius Injury

A sartorius muscle injury that was not clearly visible on resting thermography became detectable after repeat thermal imaging following safe, controlled exercise.…

4 min
Deep-learning segmentation of lower-extremity muscle groups in a thermal image Injury Tracking

Segmentation of Lower Extremity Muscles in Thermal Images Using Deep Learning Models

In this blog post, the performance of U-Net, PSPNet, Linknet, and FPN models in segmenting lower extremity thermal images of professional soccer…

2 min