Non-contact thermography

Non-medically licensed alternative practitioners who are not held to the same standard may offer thermography services but that should not be confused with the field of medical thermology.

Medical Thermology does not condone those who purport that "Thermography" can find disease by looking for areas of the body that have abnormal heat or irregular blood flow.

The American Academy of Thermology (AAT) (www.aathermology.org)[1] has published internationally peer-reviewed guidelines for neuro-musculoskeletal (MSK), breast, veterinary, and oral-systemic disease.

[3] Thermography is not effective for any type of medical screening, and the FDA had repeatedly issued warning letters to fraudsters claiming otherwise.

[4] Veterinary thermography indications include, but are not limited to, assessment of shoring, limb inflammation, and sweating disorders.

CRPS, RSD, Medical Thermology, Thermography
CRPS-RSD of the left foot imaged with medical thermology during a cold pressor test.
Sample image of a hand held thermography camera
IR, Infrared, Temperature measurement, Fever screening
Infrared (IR) temperature measurement for fever screening correctly done at the medial canthus (tear duct) of the eye.