title: [Infrared thermographic imaging of normal vulva and uterine cervix: a preliminary report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate in the standardized conditions the thermal emission by normal uterine cervix and vulva.
  
  
  METHODS
  Infrared telethermography (ITT) was used to examine vulva and uterine cervix in 32 women aged 24-54 years without colposcopic and cytologic abnormalities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The measured temperatures differed between different topographic points of vulva and uterine vaginal portio. The inter-individual variability of temperatures determined at the same vulvar structures was relatively low.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The obtained results constitute a basis for further studies on thermovisual definition of therapeutic targets in cases of vulvar and cervical lesions.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Ginekologii II Katedry Połoznictwa i Chorób Kobiecych Wydziału Lekarskiego AM w Lublinie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sikorski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paszkowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walczak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008875:Middle Aged; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*