The present book is a result of personal 20-years clinical practice of the author in application of infrared thermography in medicine. Physical basis of the method, review of modern infrared devices and physiological features of temperature are described. The book contains detailed description of the normal thermograms of all parts of the body, as well as specifities of thermogram in different physiological conditions of the human body. Clinical thermography chapter contains description of thermovisual symptoms of more than 200 diseases and pathological conditions, all cases are illustrated by corresponded thermograms, extracted from the personal databases of the author. The book contains 532 pages with 915 thermograms and 76 figures, 274 references. For today this book is a biggest and the most comprehensive manual on medical thermography in the World. This book may be used as manual on medical thermography by doctors and medical students.

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Preface

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION INTO THE MEDICAL THERMOGRAPHY

1.1. What is a temperature

1.2. How to measure the temperature

1.3. Infrared radiation

1.4. Infrared camera

1.5. Requirements for medical infrared camera

1.6. Physiological basis of infrared thermography

1.7. Brief history of medical thermography

Chapter 2. METHODOLOGY OF MEDICAL THERMOGRAPHY

2.1. How to perform thermovisual examination

2.2. Thermogram

2.3. Thermovisual symptoms

2.4. Methods of medical thermography

2.5. Application areas of thermography in clinical medicine

Chapter 3. NORMAL THERMOGRAM

3.1. Head

3.2. Neck

3.3. Chest

3.4. Breast

3.5. Abdomen

3.6. Back

3.7. Hand

3.8. Foot

3.9. Genital area

Chapter 4. CLINICAL THERMOVISUAL DIAGNOSTICS

4.1. ENT diseases

4.1.1. Rhinitis

4.1.2. Curves of the nasal septum

4.1.3. Sinusitis

4.1.4. Tonsillitis

4.1.5. Adenoid vegetations

4.1.6. Ear diseases

4.1.7. Larynx diseases

4.2. Diseases of respiratory system

4.2.1. Acute respiratory infection

4.2.2. Bronchitis

4.2.3. Pneumonia

4.2.4. Respiratory allergosis and bronchial asthma

4.2.5. Other diseases and pathological conditions

4.3. Digestive diseases

4.3.1. Diseases of esophagus

4.3.2. Diseases of stomach and duodenum

4.3.3. Disease of gallbladder and biliary tracts

4.3.4. Liver diseases

4.3.5. Diseases of pancreas

4.3.6. Diseases of intestine

4.4. Urinary system diseases

4.4.1. Pyelonephritis

4.4.2. Cystitis

4.4.3. Urinary infection

4.4.4. Glomerulonephritis

4.4.5. Urolithiasis

4.4.6. Nephroptosis

4.5. Circulatory diseases

4.5.1. Vegetative neurosis

4.5.2. Raynaud's disease and syndrome

4.5.3. Arterial hypertension

4.5.4. Coronary heart diseases

4.5.5. Arrhythmia

4.5.6. Valvular defect

4.5.7. Diseases of large arteries

4.5.8. Diseases of venes

4.6. Endocrine diseases

4.6.1. Thyroid gland diseases

4.6.2. Diabetes mellitus

4.7. Hematology and immunology

4.7.1. Secondary T-cell immunodeficiency

4.7.2. Thymomegalia

4.7.3. Leukemia

4.8. Andrological diseases

4.8.1. Diseases of the prostate

4.8.2. Diseases of testis

4.9. Gynecology and obstetrics

4.9.1. Disease of ovary

4.9.2. Disease of uterus

4.9.3. Dysmenorrhea

4.9.4. Disease of pregnancy

4.9.5. Disease in post-delivery period

4.10. Breast diseases

4.10.1. Breast cancer

4.10.2. Benign breast diseases

4.10.3. Mastitis

4.11. Neurological diseases

4.11.1. Cerebral asthenia

4.11.2. Cerebral atherosclerosis

4.11.3. Intracranial hypertension

4.11.4. Facial paralysis

4.11.5. Diseases of peripheral nerves

4.12. Diseases of locomotor system

4.12.1. Vertebral osteochondrosis

4.12.2. Intervertebral hernia

4.12.3. Joint diseases

4.13. Traumatology and orthopedics

4.13.1. Vertebral instability

4.13.2. Scoliosis

4.13.3. Hip joint dysplasia

4.13.4. Traumas of bones and joints

4.13.5. Traumas of soft tissues

4.13.6. Traumas of peripheral nerves

4.13.7. Burns

4.14. Infrared thermography in surgery

4.14.1. Inflammation and purulent diseases

4.14.2. Wounds and wound infection

4.14.3. Hernias of abdominal wall

4.14.4. Thermography in transplantology

4.14.5. Intraoperation thermography

4.15. Skin diseases

4.15.1. Dermatitis

4.15.2. Psoriasis

4.15.3. Skin tumors

4.16. Dentistry

4.16.1. Inflammation diseases of the oral cavity

4.16.2. Maxillofacial diseases

4.16.3. Thermovisual control in preventive dentistry

Appendix 1. Specification of TV-04 medical infrared camera.

Index