Thermographic assessment of bone and joint disease.
Thermography, a noninvasive technique with no known toxicity, represents a useful addition to our diagnostic armamentarium. It has documented efficacy in specific diagnostic circumstances and possible motivational applications. Its eventual position in our general diagnostic armamentarium will be dependent upon additional, well-designed clinical-pathologic correlation studies, the bases of which are presented herein.
Rothschild
B M
BM
St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown, Ohio.
D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013817:Thermography