Infrared imaging : a casebook in clinical medicine Infrared thermal imaging is a rapid and non invasive procedure for mapping skin temperature distribution of the human body. Advanced software and high resolution infrared detectors has allowed for a renaissance in the use of infrared thermal imaging or thermography in medical research and practice. After a review of theory technology and methodology of medical infrared imaging the remainder of the book consists of a collection of clinical case studies demonstrating the wide variety of applications of thermography in modern medicine. The combined expertise from a number of centres is used to create this database of images and cases that will be invaluable for medical researchers and practitioners in making diagnoses and measuring treatment efficacy. This book is recommended reading for practising and training radiographers medical physicists and clinicians Preface Acknowledgements About the editors List of contributors part 1. Technical 1. The technique of infrared imaging in medicine 2. The reproducibility of standard positions used for image capturing within the standard protocol for thermal imaging 3. The reliability of temperature readings from selected standard views for thermal imaging 4. The influence of colour scale on the accuracy of infrared thermal images part 2. The head and neck 5. New standards for fever screening with thermal imaging systems 6. Infantile haemangiomas IR thermography in assessment 7. Exploratory thermal and laser speckle contrast imaging measurements of eye inflammation in a case of thyroid eye disease 8. Thermographic examination of a boy with an abscess near to the maxillary sinus 9. Malignant melanoma characterization with thermal and visual imaging 10. Thermographic monitoring of ophthalmic surgery extraction of a cataract 11. Application of thermal imaging in the diagnosis of inflammatory changes of nasal sinusitis 12. Thermal evaluation of the temperature distribution in the oral cavity during dental operations part 3. The trunk 13. Thermographic assessment of the presence of fatty tumours in myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibres 14. Tietzes syndrome and the role of infrared imaging in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain in adolescents 15. Thoracic vertebral block the technique of injecting local anaesthetic part 4. The upper extremities 16. The sensitivity of infrared imaging for diagnosing Raynauds phenomenon is dependent on the method of temperature extraction from thermal images 17. Nerve entrapment and skin temperature of the human hand 18. Imaging assessments of patients with suspected systemic sclerosis and associated inflammatory lung disease 19. The use of infrared thermography to differentiate cold intolerance from true Raynauds phenomenon in the context of fibromyalgia 20. Hand arm vibration syndrome documented by thermal imaging a case report 21. Thermal imaging and its potential for arterio venous fistula function assessment 22. Thermographic monitoring of blood flow in arterio venous fistulas part 5. The lower extremities 23. A case study in the diagnosis of a grade III ankle sprain using a combination of medical images 24. Thermal imaging in the monitoring of grade III ankle sprain rehabilitation a case study 25. Application of thermal imaging in the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of complex regional pain syndrome type I 26. The thermal imaging potential for assessing diabetic Charcot foot syndrome 27. Thermal imaging of the foot in different forms of diabetic disease 28. Thermal imaging in the screening diagnosis of crural varices in adolescents 29. Thermographic investigation in the diagnosis of femoral vein thrombosis 30. Infrared thermal imaging of critical leg ischaemia 31. Infrared imaging of angiomatosis syndrome (Klippel Trénaunay syndrome) 32. Thermal imaging: a monitoring tool for the treatment of erythromelalgia