DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSTIC PREPARATION AND/OR THERAPY MONITORING OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES SUCH AS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

摘要

A first aspect of the invention relates to a device for a diagnosis and/ortherapy monitoring of inflammatory diseases,such as rheumatoid arthritis. It comprises at least a rest or support device(1) for holding at least one extremity (11) of a person.Thereby, the support device has the task of facilitating the at least oneextremity, preferably two extremities, for instance the twohands to be comfortably and immovably placed as long as possible. This supportdevice can be provided with a rest with severalaccessories, such as indentations, bowl-like recesses, ridges, elastic or non-elastic straps and/or loops, etc.. Furthermore, at leastan excitation source (2) for at least partially illuminating one extremity atleast with a radiation of defined excitation wavelength.Furthermore, at least an image sensor (3) is incorporated for capturing atleast a reference signal from the extremity as well as severalsignals from the regions of medical interest (ROI) of the extremity (11).Moreover, a device according to the invention comprises acomparator for comparing the reference signal with the signals from theregions of medical interest (ROI).