Infrared thermal imaging diagnostic technology is a new imaging method. It is a subject that diagnoses diseases and studies human physiological and pathological phenomena by collecting heat radiated from the human body and processing it through computer to form a unique "hot" image of the human body. . Since the human body itself is a natural source of biological infrared radiation, it continuously emits infrared radiation energy. Under physiological conditions, the heat radiated by the human body is maintained in a balanced, stable, constant state. When the human body changes or the physiological condition changes, the whole body or local heat balance will be broken, and the infrared thermal image scanning can accurately detect any changes in heat balance in various parts of the human body.

As early as 1936, infrared thermal imaging technology began to be used clinically. In 1961, a medical expert in London, England, used the infrared thermal imaging scanner to photograph the world's first thermal image of breast cancer and published a report, which has aroused widespread concern in countries around the world. With the rapid development of modern technologies such as computers and infrared, the research and application of infrared thermal imaging diagnosis in the medical field has made great progress.

AmeriCare Medical Center started from a decade ago, under the guidance of Professor Wu Shiming, and established a clinical research center for infrared medical imaging with the cooperation of many medical experts in the United States. The infrared medical imaging diagnosis is applied to pain, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In the clinical practice of cancer, difficult diseases, and traditional Chinese medicine, significant results have been achieved, and the clinical diagnosis and treatment effects have been greatly improved. The application profile is now introduced.

1. painful diseases
   

Pain is the main symptom of certain diseases and is itself a common disease. Pain is a pathophysiological process with emotional reactions that occurs when the body is subjected to noxious stimuli from the internal and external environment. Pain is a self-conscious symptom, the nature, extent and location of pain. The clinical judgment is mainly based on the patient's complaint. Because each person's sensitivity to pain is quite different, there is a lack of objective pain expression methods and interpretation basis, which brings certain difficulties to the diagnosis, treatment and observation of pain. We applied infrared thermal imaging to the clinical application of painful diseases and received satisfactory results.

When certain diseases occur in the body, the infrared heat map will change correspondingly with the temperature change of the lesion. Inflammation or acute soft tissue injury, the temperature of the lesion increases. Chronic strain, nerve damage, cystic lesions, etc., local temperature is reduced. Vascular lesions have different images depending on the blood supply to the blood vessels. If the superficial superficial artery of the skull is in an expanded state when the migraine attacks, the blood flow of the blood vessel increases, and the heat radiation value increases accordingly, and the heat radiation map is high. Conversely, when the blood flow is reduced and the heat radiation value is lowered, a low temperature image appears. The image of the patient's head is in an expanded or contracted state, as well as the degree of expansion or contraction, based on the image of the temperature displayed by the infrared heat map. According to this, the corresponding treatment method is adopted, which greatly improves the clinical treatment effect. For example, patients with myofascial pain syndrome have obvious abnormal infrared thermograms on the lower back; patients with frozen shoulder have high-temperature heat map in the acute phase, and low-temperature heat map in the chronic phase; infrared thermography shows lumbar disc herniation The differential diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation has great clinical value, especially the method of objective evaluation of the pathological effect nature and extent of the disease, and has a unique role that other imaging diagnosis is irreplaceable.

Neurological injury is a major cause of low back pain. Traditional examinations are more complicated, and infrared thermal imaging scanning is applied to make clinical diagnosis and differential diagnosis more intuitive and easy. For example, the patient complained of pain in the lower extremities and numbness, but could not specify the location and scope. The application of infrared thermal image scanning helps to locate the diagnosis of nerve damage. Some soft tissue injuries can show symptoms similar to those of nerve damage, which is confusing in the clinic, and the use of infrared heat maps can help identify. Pain caused by vascular injury, which is not obvious in some signs, is often mixed in general pain, and infrared heat map can make a clear differential diagnosis.

For example, a female patient named Maggie has had pain in the left heel for more than 5 years. She has seen countless Chinese and Western doctors, and has not found any abnormalities in the pain sites after various examinations such as X-ray, CT, and MRI. We used an infrared heat map to find that there was an abnormal low temperature band at the back of the left leg from the left lumbosacral to the left heel. The left lumbosacral region had an abnormal heat map, and the pain in the left heel was determined from the waist. The lesion. With the help of heat map, the nature is clear and the location is clear. Immediately after treatment, the pain in the left heel is reduced by half. In total, three treatments are completely cured.

Soft tissue damage is caused by damage to soft tissues and capillaries in the human body. Strain is a chronic, repetitive accumulation of damage. Early neuromuscular excitability, reflex muscle relaxation, biochemical synthesis and catabolic disorders in tissues, and decreased activity of enzymes in cells and stroma. Then there are changes in tissue morphology, capillary congestion, expansion, regeneration, hematoma, hyalinization, mucoidosis, lipid-like deposition, etc., so early diagnosis and treatment is very important. Since any subtle pathological changes in soft tissue can cause changes in temperature, infrared thermograms can clearly show changes in various stages of soft tissue injury, and have important diagnostic value for soft tissue damage and muscle strain. The effect of pain treatment can be observed by scanning the patient's infrared thermography. The temperature difference before and after treatment can correctly reflect the degree of muscle spasm, which can be used as an objective indicator to judge the effect of pain treatment. The heat map objectively reflects the infrared energy distribution of the body. According to the heat map, the lesion can be easily found, not only can understand the part of the patient who has felt obvious pain, but also can understand the extent of the lesion that the patient has not yet felt. This is of great help to clinical diagnosis and treatment.

1. Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are collectively referred to as cardiovascular diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. They refer to ischemic or hemorrhagic diseases of the heart, brain and whole body tissues caused by hyperlipidemia, blood viscosity, arteriosclerosis and hypertension. disease. Infrared heat maps have unique advantages in detecting vascular lesions, blood supply status and functional status of blood vessels. Where arterial lesions affect blood supply, the distal end must be low temperature; for venous lesions, the distal end must be hyperthermia due to blood stasis and congestion; when the blood vessels are broken, the blood supply area must have a corresponding low temperature; After the recovery, the blood supply control area must have rewarming. In the patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, the heat maps in the frontal, medial, supraorbital and cheek regions were significantly unbalanced and the temperature difference was obvious. The temperature on the ischemic side was significantly lower than that on the contralateral side. The thermogram showed a significant increase in the temperature on the ischemic side, which was marked by a significant decrease in the temperature difference between the left and right frontal, medial, supraorbital and cheek regions. Infrared thermography diagnosis technology can provide evaluation, early warning and evaluation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as insufficient blood supply to the brain, cerebral blood flow imbalance, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial insufficiency, early myocardial infarction and limb arteriovenous lesions. It provides extremely valuable objective indicators for the clinic.

For example, a patient named David has a pain in the upper back for nearly a year. When he is tired or sleeps badly, he is aggravated. The effects of various treatments are not obvious. No abnormalities have been found in the examinations such as electrocardiogram. Infrared thermography scan showed a significant change in the anterior region of the heart, while the heat map of the back pain site was normal. According to this judgment of myocardial ischemia, symptomatic treatment is quickly cured. This case demonstrates that infrared heat map scans are sensitive to changes in vascular blood flow.

1. Tumor

Early detection, early treatment is the key to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. However, there are few methods for early detection, and infrared thermography has a very obvious advantage. When normal cells begin to malignant and the cells proliferate at a high speed, in order to meet the needs of cell growth, blood circulation is inevitably accompanied, and local vasodilatation is brought about by the action of tumor toxic factors. The result of the above changes inevitably leads to an increase in local temperature. Infrared heat map can accurately detect this change, showing abnormal high temperature. The infrared thermal image of malignant tumor has almost abnormal hot zone, and most of them have malignant thermal image. Heat maps can suggest tissues that may be malignant, gaining time for the diagnosis of early tumors. MRI, CT, etc., must show abnormal structural changes when the lesion develops to a certain volume and a certain density. Tumor tissue is accelerated by early metabolism, blood circulation is increased, and the volume is increased enough to be distinguished by MRI, CT, etc., usually at least 3 to 6 months. But this is 3 to 6 months, which is crucial for the early treatment of tumors.

For example, a young female patient named May came to the clinic and only complained that the upper abdomen was full of discomfort for more than one month. There was no other symptom. The stomach medicine was not effective. After we used infrared thermal imaging, we found that the patient’s umbilicus was in the middle of the xiphoid. There is a transverse band-shaped high temperature area, and considering the suspected pancreatic tumor, it is immediately transferred to a specialist to diagnose early pancreatic cancer. The infrared heat map has won valuable time for early detection and early treatment for this patient.

Another middle-aged female patient had a low-temperature map of the stomach during the first infrared thermography examination, but when she re-examined one year later, she found that the stomach area changed from the original low-temperature map to a high-temperature image. Although the patient did not have any symptoms of discomfort, we still considered the possibility of gastric cancer, and then transferred to a specialist to diagnose early gastric cancer. It can be seen that the infrared heat map can accurately reflect any changes in the metabolism of tissues and organs.

Another male patient with chronic gastritis disappeared after taking the drug treatment. The re-examination of the gastroscope confirmed that it had all been cured. However, we scanned the infrared heat map and found that the stomach still showed high temperature images, indicating that the metabolism in the stomach area is still abnormal. Hemorrhoids were reviewed regularly. More than a year later, the patient was found to have gastric cancer due to a gastrectomy. This case shows that infrared thermography has the unique function of detecting the metabolism of tissue and organ cells, and the intensity of infrared heat released by cell metabolism can only be revealed by heat map.

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women. In the infrared heat map of breast cancer, the thermal images of the two breasts are asymmetrical, and there are abnormal hot areas and vascular morphology changes on the affected side. The number of blood vessels on the affected side increases, and the temperature of the collaterals and the areola increases. The large number of new blood vessels in the tumor is the main mechanism for the formation of the hot zone in the heat map of breast cancer. We use infrared thermal imaging scanning diagnostic technology to examine a large number of patients with breast tumors with high accuracy, especially for the early detection of breast cancer, which has high clinical value.

1. Difficult disease

"Difficult disease" generally refers to a type of disease in which the clinical manifestations are numerous and complicated, the etiology is complicated or the etiology is complicated, the diagnosis is difficult to be unified, the clinical treatment effect is not good, the prognosis is poor, or the treatment is difficult. Difficult diseases are generally clinical medical terms within the scope of traditional Chinese medicine. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, infrared thermal imaging diagnosis has its unique use value and significance. We have applied infrared thermal imaging diagnostic technology to the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine, and have achieved great success, especially solving the diagnosis and treatment problems of many difficult diseases. Some patients who use traditional Chinese medicine can not collect specific symptoms and signs, and cannot be clearly dialectically, so they cannot be accurately treated. However, the application of infrared thermal imaging scans can often find the cause, and symptomatic treatment can be immediate. Drums. Due to the unique imaging principle of infrared thermal imaging technology and the infrared thermal map, which can objectively reflect the characteristics of the metabolic state of various parts of the human body, these are quite similar to some aspects of traditional Chinese medicine theory. Therefore, infrared thermal imaging diagnostic technology is a theoretical study of traditional Chinese medicine. The clinical field is of great significance. Here are a few examples.

Example 1, a British patient named Russell, came to see a doctor because of masturbation. This disease is very common in Europe. The patient has been masturbating for more than 15 times a day for many years. He cannot restrain himself, can't work, can't live normally, and has self-mutilated many times because of his inner guilt. I have seen countless doctors and almost tried all possible methods. The case alone relies on the hope, smell, question, and cut of Chinese medicine. The dialectic cannot be clarified, and the treatment is impossible. We performed a full-body infrared scan of the patient for this patient, and found the head, liver, stomach, and prostate regions of the patient. The waist shows an abnormal heat map. According to the high and low temperature images displayed by the heat map, combined with the overall concept of Chinese medicine, the theory of viscera, and dialectical treatment, the treatment of Dafa and the prescription of prescriptions are formulated. The effect is very significant. The drug was taken continuously for nearly three months and was completely cured. The successful application of this typical infrared medical thermal imaging diagnostic technique in traditional Chinese medicine has a great impact. The British 4th TV station made a special trip to our clinic in Los Angeles to take this typical case into a special documentary film "Infrared Medical Thermal Image and Chinese Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Difficult Diseases", which was broadcasted in the UK in 2006.

2,Example 2, a young female patient came to see a doctor for years of infertility. The patient did a detailed examination at the obstetrics and gynaecology clinic, all of which were normal, and had tried traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and other treatments. We use infrared thermal image scanning, the heat map clearly shows that the right fallopian tube area presents a circular and obvious low temperature image, and the infertility caused by the fallopian tube obstruction is considered according to the heat map. The prescription of Wenyang San Han, Huoxue Huayu, Shujing Tongluo was used, and it was successfully cured in only three months. Over the years, we have successfully cured a large number of infertility patients by using infrared thermal imaging diagnosis combined with the dialectical treatment of Chinese medicine. Infrared thermography has a well-diagnosed characteristics, especially for pelvic inflammation, some dysfunction of the reproductive system, etc. has unique clinical diagnostic advantages.

In Example 3, a middle-aged female patient came to see a doctor for unexplained abdominal pain. After the operation of uterine fibroids two years ago, the patient developed persistent lower abdominal pain, which was light and heavy. No abnormalities were observed after various examinations, and drug treatment was also ineffective. No abnormalities were found in a laparotomy a year ago, but the patient's pain was still abnormal and extremely distressing. We performed an infrared thermography examination on the patient and found that the painful part under the umbilicus was obviously irregularly low temperature change, and extended a low temperature zone, and passed along the inner side of the right leg to the vicinity of the "Sanyinjiao" point. According to the instructions of the heat map, acupuncture at Sanyinjiao points, strong stimulation techniques, and acupuncture pain local acupoints, the pain immediately after treatment is relieved a lot. At the same time, the patient was given a combination of Wenyang Huoxue Traditional Chinese Medicine. I did not expect that the pain disappeared completely in a week, and the effect was unexpected.

Outlook

Over the years, we have used infrared thermography diagnosis in a wide range of clinical subjects. A large number of clinical observations have shown that infrared heat map has extremely important clinical value for definitive diagnosis, guiding clinical treatment and improving curative effect. As a functional imaging diagnostic technology, it has an irreplaceable unique effect. Especially after our long-term clinical experience, the application of infrared thermal imaging in the field of traditional Chinese medicine will have a very broad prospect. It is believed that with the deepening of its research and the advancement of modern technology, the position of medical infrared thermography in the medical field will increasingly show its unique importance.