title: [Thermography in diagnosis and treatment efficacy evaluation of lower limbs arterial diseases].
abstract: Possibilities of thermography for diagnosis of lower limbs arterial diseases and evaluation of treatment results were analyzed. Quantitative evaluation of infra-red imaging with detection of mean temperature, area of thermo-profile and thermographic index is proposed. Possibility of this method for detection of microcirculatory disorders in the limbs before clinical manifestation is demonstrated. Therefore thermography is a reliable method of early diagnosis. Thermography permits to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of regional blood flow and microcirculation and consequently to use this method for evaluation of treatment efficacy.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Makarov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Iarovenko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*; D016909:Tibial Arteries