Thermography in medical diagnostics

Abstract

Measuring the body temperature belongs to the oldest and the most frequently performed diagnostic examination. Current technical progress enables for measurment of body temperature on its surface not only in one particular place, but in lots of different places at the same time and it can also be done from some distance. Invisible for the eye temperature dispersion, which is presented in the form of thermographic photographs, is becoming more popular in medical diagnostics. Thermography is a totally non-invasive, painless and safe for both the patient and the diagnostician examining. The method allows for defining the physiological condition of the tissues or organs on the basis of emitted ultrared radiation.