Thermal Imaging Medical Diagnosis

The research of infrared thermal imaging technology as a medical imaging diagnostic means in china began in the 1960 s.

Thermal imaging medical diagnosis.

The guidance sets forth an enforcement policy that is intended to apply to all thermal imaging systems that are intended for medical purposes for the duration of the public health emergency. Currently many physicians use thermal imaging cameras to detect a number of medical conditions such as arthritis repetitive strain injury muscular pain and circulatory problems. Infrared thermal imaging can display a large amount of. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect the hands wrists feet knees and shoulders.

Available systems are expensive and are mostly meant for industrial applications. Diti reveals temperature differences on the surface of the breasts to diagnose breast. This paper presents a low cost thermal imaging system for medical diagnostic applications. Medical thermography is an adjunctive state of the art medical diagnostic infrared thermal imaging which can detect physiological abnormalities by measuring temperature changes.

Finally we review established and evolving medical applications for thermal imaging including inflammatory diseases complex regional pain syndrome and raynaud s phenomenon. The credibility and acceptance of thermal imaging in medicine is subject to critical use of the technology and proper understanding of thermal physiology. In the mid 1970 s the first infrared thermal imager was developed and applied in clinical diagnosis. Thermal imaging in medical diagnosis various medical modalities such as x ray computed tomography ct ultrasound and mag netic resonance imaging mri are used to test the human body anatomy.

Infrared thermal imaging is a new technology in medical imaging. Digital infrared thermal imaging diti is the type of thermography that s used to diagnose breast cancer. In this paper the existing system which is a basic system consisting of thermopile based sensor which produces thermal array is replaced with a thermal imaging camera for medical diagnosis applications.