Medical Infrared Imaging show thermal emissions that may be instrumental in helping to identify the following conditions:
- Altered gait manifestations
- Arteriosclerosis
- Asthma
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Breast Disease
- Bursitis
- Carotid Artery Insufficiency
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Causalgia
- Chronic Pain
- Compartment Syndromes
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Deep Vascular Disease
- Diabetes
- Disc Syndromes (spinal discogenic pain)
- Facet Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Gallbladder Disease
- Headache Evaluation (cervicogenic, migraine, cluster, sinus)
- Herniated Disc/Ruptured Disc
- Hypoesthesia
- Hyperasthesia
- Inflammatory Diseases
- Intervertebral Disc Disease
- Ligament Tears
- Lower Motor Neuron Disease
- Lumbosacral Plexus Injury
- Lupus (SLE)
- Muscular Spasm
- Muscle Tears
- Myofascial Irritation
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Neoplasia (breast, skin, testicular)
- Nerve Entrapment
- Nerve Impingement/Pressure
- Nerve Root Irritation
- Nerve Stretch Injury
- Nerve Trauma
- Neuritis
- Neuropathy
- Neuropraxia
- Neurovascular Compression
- Paresthesia
- Peripheral Nerve Abnormalities
- Pinched Nerves
- Referred Pain Syndromes
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
- Repetitive Strain Injuries
- Respiratory Conditions
- Reynaud’s Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sacroiliac Ligament Tear
- Sacroiliac Syndrome
- Sensory Nerve Abnormalities
- Sinus Conditions
- Skin Abnormalities
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Spinal Cord Pain/Injury
- Sports Injuries
- Stomach Conditions
- Strains/Sprains
- Stroke Screening
- Superficial Vascular Disease
- Synovitis
- Temporal Arteritis
- Tendonitis
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Thyroid Conditions
- TMJ Dysfunction
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Trigger Points
- Whiplash Conditions
With some patients, thermography findings are the first warning of a disease years before symptoms occur. With others, thermography may reveal the true cause of their symptoms, so that more effective treatment can be administered. However, it should be noted that thermography does not, in any way suggest a diagnosis and/or treatment.
Soucres: Index Medicus – J Thermography, Acta Thermographia, J Breast
