Authors articulate the importance of this physiological imaging technique
Antonio Contreras Belloia
It was discovered and developed by William Herschel and his son John Herschel in the early 19th century (also known as the industrial century) and implemented in different disciplines derived from engineering in the mid-20th century.
Clinical thermography is a physiological imaging technique that provides information on normal and abnormal function of the sensory and sympathetic nervous systems, vasculature, musculoskeletal system, and local inflammatory processes. The program also provides valuable physiological information on dermatological, endocrine and breast conditions.
When used in a clinical setting, it is an imaging procedure that detects, records and generates images of the surface temperature and/or thermal patterns of a patient’s skin (thermography).
The procedure uses equipment that can provide qualitative and quantitative representations of these temperature patterns without involving the use of ionizing radiation, intravenous access, or other invasive procedures.
Clinical thermography aids in patient diagnosis and management by helping to determine the location and extent of irritation, type of dysfunction, and prognosis for treatment. The program also helps clinicians evaluate cases and determine the most effective treatments.
Clinical thermography is a physiological imaging technique that provides information on normal and abnormal function of the sensory and sympathetic nervous systems, vasculature, musculoskeletal system, and local inflammatory processes.
Clinical applications of thermography appear not only in human health sciences, but also in veterinary medicine (Pérez Marquez et al 2019- Wats et al 2019-Redaelli et al 2019) or sports and body sciences.
In the field of otolaryngology, thermal imaging technology has achieved good results in the diagnosis of chronic sinusitis, and radiographic technology in the diagnosis of frontal sinus and maxillary ethmoid sinusitis (Kalaiarasi et al 2018). Again describe the important advantage of not irradiating the patient and its low cost.
Thermography allows one to see: methods, myofascial trigger point therapy, dry needling techniques/heat conduction acupuncture, assessing and connecting myofascial chains by exploring vascular asymmetry, and responding to multiple chain doctrines during these processes A tandem of genres, evaluation and follow-up of findings in human tissue and enabling clinical follow-up.
The author is the president of the Dominican Association for Ozone Therapy. (ASDOOT)