title: Use of thermography in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.
abstract: We attempted to evaluate the use of liquid crystal thermography (LCT) as a screening tool in the detection of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the lower extremities. Forty patients were examined with LCT and venography. A venogram was used as the standard by which the LCT results were compared. Liquid crystal thermography had a sensitivity of 70% and a specificity of 50%, and it was found not to have a greater accuracy than clinical examination.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Free
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Faerber
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D013817:Thermography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging