Medical Applications of Thermography
Many applications have been found in the medical profession for thermal imaging.
The Thermal Video System produces full-field real-time images to a colour video monitor.
Thermal imaging can be used
- to check the effects of such medical treatment as low frequency appliances and thermo-therapeutic appliances.
- to aid research into the effectiveness of new medicines and drugs.
- as a valuable aid in the research into physical exercise.
- as an aid in hypothermia research
Thermal imaging is currently used to check for:
- General erythema and erythematosus.
- Raynaud’s disease.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Arteriosclerosis.
Thermal imaging has the benefits that:
- it is non-invasive and requires no patient preparation to be a simple diagnostic tool.
- it can be used for objective assessments without subjective input from the patient.
Special applications:
- Thermography works non-invasive and delivers fast results. These two advantages allow it to be the measurement tool No.1 for fast detection of bird flu or SARS symptoms at airport passengers.