Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging In Medical Therapy
Digital technology now makes Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging
available to all. There now is a completely safe test that can
aid in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring with absolutely no
risk or radiation exposure.
DITI, or digital infrared thermal imaging, is a noninvasive
diagnostic test that allows a health practitioner to see and
measure changes in skin surface temperature. An infrared
scanning camera translates infrared radiation emitted from the
skin surface and records them on a color monitor. This visual
image graphically maps the body temperature and is referred to
as a thermogram. The spectrum of colors indicates an increase or
decrease in the amount of infrared radiation being emitted from
the body surface. In healthy people, there is a symmetrical skin
pattern which is consistent and reproducible for any individual.
DITI is highly sensitive and can therefore be used clinically to
detect disease in the vascular, muscular, neural and skeletal
systems. Medical DITI has been used extensively in human
medicine in the United States, Europe and Asia for the past 20
years. Until now, bulky equipment has hindered its diagnostic
and economic feasibility. Now, PC-based infrared technology
designed specifically for clinical application has changed all
this.
Clinical uses for DITI include, defining the extent of a lesion
of which a diagnosis has previously been made (for example,
vascular disease); localizing an abnormal area not previously
identified, so further diagnostic tests can be performed (as in
Irritable Bowel Syndrome); detecting early lesions before they
are clinically evident (as in breast cancer or other breast
diseases); and monitoring the healing process before a patient
returns to work or training (as in workman