What is Thermal Imaging?
Ultrasensitive infrared detectors coupled to sophisticated computer processing stations accurately measure and produce an image of the heat emanating from the surface of the body.
How Does It Work?
Skin surface temperatures, blood vessel patterns, and nervous system responses can display normal and abnormal physiologic functions. Modern computerized infrared image processing combined with established patient and laboratory protocols produces high quality diagnostic images.
An infrared scanning device is used to convert infrared radiation emitted from the skin surface into electrical impulses that are visualized in color on a monitor. This visual image graphically maps the body temperature and is referred to as a thermogram. The spectrum of colours indicate an increase or decrease in the amount of infrared radiation being emitted from the body surface. Since there is a high degree of thermal symmetry in the normal body, subtle abnormal temperature asymmetries can be easily identified.
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