ABSTRACT

Want to incorporate medical infrared imaging into your practice but can’t find a book that explains how to do it? Well, this book is for you! Complete, practical instructions are provided on imager choice and care as well as the physical needs of a thermography service from the imaging room layout to the computer requirements. How to acquire, interpret, and report a thermal examination is covered in detail. Fully illustrated with both normal and abnormal images, Human Medical Thermography provides practitioners of all types with the knowledge to design and operate a scientifically based thermography practice. 


Key Features
• Shows how to select the best thermal imager for your clinical practice, care for it, and use it correctly.
• Explains how to take medical quality thermal images and scale them for maximum visual effect using the guidelines detailed in this book.
• Details myriad ways that thermography can aid in medical diagnosis and improve surgical outcomes.

chapter 1|10 pages

A History of Thermology and Thermography

chapter 2|6 pages

The Physics of Human Thermography

chapter 3|10 pages

Thermal Imager Fundamentals

chapter 4|10 pages

Verifying Thermal Imager Calibration

chapter 5|20 pages

Thermal Physiology and Thermoregulation

chapter 7|16 pages

Formatting and Analysis of Thermal Images

chapter 8|8 pages

Thermography Report Generation

chapter 9|22 pages

Breast Thermography

chapter 10|50 pages

General Thermography

chapter 11|44 pages

Thermography by Specialty

chapter 12|10 pages

Future Developments in Human Thermography

chapter 13|12 pages

An Atlas of Normal Human Thermography