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Joint exam by certified rheumatologists was used as a reference for the validation cohort. Infrared thermal data were analyzed using custom software. Temperature after within-limb calibration (TAWiC) was defined as the temperature differences between joint and ipsilateral mid-tibia. TAWiC of knees and ankles was evaluated using ANOVA across subgroups. Optimal thresholds were determined by receiver-operating characteristic analysis using Youden index.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were significant differences in mean and 95th TAWiC of knee in anterior, medial, lateral views, and of ankles in anterior view, between inflamed and uninflamed counterparts (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.05). The area under the curve was higher by 30% when using TAWiC<jats:sub>knee<\/jats:sub>than that when using absolute temperature. Within the validation cohort, the sensitivity of accurate detection of arthritis in the knees using both mean and 95th TAWiC from individual views or all 3 views combined ranged from 0.60 to 0.70, and the specificity was &gt; 0.90 in all views.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Children with active arthritis or tenosynovitis in knees or ankles exhibited higher TAWiC than healthy joints. 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