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Medical or
Clinical thermography is the detection and recording of
a patient's skin surface thermal patterns, using
instruments which can provide visual and quantitative
documentation of these temperature measurements.
Thermography is appropriate and germane to health care
practice whenever the treating physician feels a
physiological imaging test is needed for diagnosis.
Thermography is a physiologic imaging technology which
provides information on the normal and abnormal
functioning of the sensory and sympathetic nervous
systems, vascular dysfunction, myofascial trauma and
local inflammatory processes.
It may contribute to diagnosis and patient management by
assisting in determining the site and degree of
irritation, the type of functional disorder, the
prognosis of treatment, as well as assisting in the
determination of the most effective treatment and case
evaluation.
Thermography is an acceptable analytical procedure which
may be performed by a licensed doctor or under their
direct supervision in cases which demonstrate adequate
clinical justification; however, a professional holding
appropriate credentials with regard to knowledge, skill
and experience in thermography must interpret the
result.
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Examples of Breast Cancer
Inspection
Normal Tissue
Early Stage Malignant Tumour
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