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Biotech / Medical : COMPUTERIZED THERMAL IMAGING (COII)- research only -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chirodoc who wrote (122)	4/29/1999 11:10:00 AM
From: chirodoc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 256

in animals, thermal is the "most sensitive objective" imaging modality "Infrared thermographic imaging (ITI) is the most sensitive objective imaging currently available for the detection of back disease in horses." .....and don't forget that they did NOT use a high speed computer attached to a huge database! Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 1999 Apr;15(1):161-77, viii Thermographic diagnostics in equine back pain. Graf von Schweinitz D Equine Veterinary Clinic, Greyfriars Farm, Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey, England. equine_veterinary_clinic@compuserve.com Infrared thermographic imaging (ITI) is the most sensitive objective imaging currently available for the detection of back disease in horses. It is, however, only a physiological study primarily of vasomotor tone overlying other superficial tissue factors. Interpretation requires extreme care in imaging protocol and in understanding the significance of altered sympathetic nervous tone and the sympathetic distribution. Most discussions on back pain have centered on nociception and inflammatory events. ITI provides information and localization far more significant than diagnosing areas of hot spots. Chronic back pain usually involves vasoconstriction at the affected sites and from ITI studies in man, we have an opportunity to appreciate chronic pain phenomena that involves non-inflammatory events. These occur commonly in horses, but are still seldom recognized and treated.