title: Biomedical applications of functional infrared imaging.
abstract: This paper introduces the reader to the functional infrared imaging, that is the application to the biomedical field of high-technology infrared imaging devices combined to the modeling of the bio-heat processes involved in the body thermoregulation. Such an approach allows defining quantitative parameters for diagnosis and monitoring. Some recent biomedical applications of the technique are then shown and explained.
authors.affiliation: ITAB-Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Foundation "University G. D'Annunzio", Chieti and Department of Clinical Sciences and Bioimaging, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy. (phone: +39 0871 3556901; fax: +39 0871 3556930; e-mail: a.merla@itab.unich.it).
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merla
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romani