Human medicine and veterinary medicine
Medical thermography is a non-contact and non-invasive diagnostic technique that enables temperature changes on the skin surface to be visualized and quantified. For example, this enabled automated fever measurements to be carried out in public buildings and airports during the Covid pandemic.
Human medicine
Powerful infrared cameras are used as highly sensitive diagnostic tools for a wide range of clinical and experimental applications, from breast cancer screening to open heart surgery. Detecting inflammations and pathological changes is also possible using medical thermography.
Thermography reveals inflammation
Blood vessel imaging
Veterinary medicine
Heat radiated from an animal’s body tells a trained vet whether blood flow in an animal is normal or not. Increased or decreased blood flow is a sign of health problems (inflammation, muscle or nerve damage).
Inflamed body parts are warmer
Medical thermography of a horse’s head