Infra-red surface thermography. Evaluation of a new radiometry instrument for measuring skin temperature over joints.
A study is reported of the evaluation of a new portable, light-weight, infrared thermometer, for the measurement of the skin temperature over joints. A high degree of reproducibility was observed, but no increase in heat was found over selected rheumatoid joints. The instrument will prove useful in detecting temperature changes in disease states where the changes are considerable, and where the ambient temperature can be strictly controlled.
Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
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Arnold
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Preston
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Beller
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Buchanan
D001831:Body Temperature; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D007596:Joints / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013696:Temperature; D013817:Thermography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*