Patent ID: 8792968

Claim:
A health evaluation system comprising: a thermal imaging device to capture a thermal image of a human anatomy; a medical analysis rules library database for storing a set of rules to perform a thermal mapping and automatic zoning analysis; and a processor coupled to the thermal imaging device and configured to apply the set the rules to perform the thermal mapping and automatic zoning analysis to create thermal zones in the thermal image of the human anatomy, calculate a temperature distribution for each thermal zone, automatically evaluate temperature distribution for each thermal zone with reference to at least one of a particular temperature range, a pattern of temperature distribution, and temperature distribution in a corresponding symmetry of the each thermal zone in the human anatomy, and determine a diagnostic health condition of biological members in the each thermal zone of the human anatomy based on the evaluation, wherein in calculating and automatically evaluating the temperature distribution for each thermal zone the processor is further configured to: generate thermal gradient sectional views of the thermal image, wherein portions in each thermal zone whose temperatures within the temperature range are identified in each thermal gradient sectional view, and wherein an upper limit and a lower limit of the temperature range are reduced by a precision factor for generating each thermal gradient sectional view, and wherein the temperature range is provided by the set of rules; perform cascade chromatography on the gradient sectional views to generate a thermal cascade sectional view identifying areas of abnormal temperature, wherein temperature distribution of each portion identified in each thermal gradient sectional view is automatically evaluated with reference to a temperature distribution in a corresponding symmetry of the human anatomy, and wherein those portions not having same temperature distribution with reference to corresponding symmetries are identified as the areas of abnormal temperature in the thermal cascade sectional view; and perform thermal layer sectional view on the thermal cascade sectional view for determining the diagnostic health condition of biological members, wherein a depth of heat is evaluated in the areas identified to have abnormal temperature, and wherein a relative temperature distribution of a radiation emitted or conducted by each biological member is evaluated for evaluating the depth of heat, and wherein the set of rules determine the diagnostic condition of biological members based on a pattern of the relative temperature distribution.