HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED IMAGING FOR ENHANCED DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS LESIONS

摘要

A medical diagnosis system, comprising: a thermal stimulator; an infrared detection system constructed and arranged to detect infrared radiation from at least a portion of a subject under observation to provide an output signal from the portion of the subject after undergoing thermal stimulation from said thermal stimulator; and a signal processor in communication with the infrared detection system to receive the output signal from the infrared detection system, wherein the signal processor determines a measured thermal response of the portion of the subject to the thermal stimulation and compares the measured thermal response to an expected thermal response to determine a presence of an abnormality.