Method for displaying the temperature field of a biological subject
Measurements for medical diagnostic purposes measure the temperature of parts of the body to diagnose illnesses and for monitoring dynamics of an illness during treatment. This increases accuracy and clarity and simplifies technical implementation. An image of the region of the body of a biological subject under investigation is input into a computer database, with the image being output to a monitor of the computer, wherein the measurement points for measuring the temperature in the region of the subject under investigation are displayed in the image of the subject on the monitor screen and, once the measurements have been taken and the results of the measurements have been processed in the computer, an image of the temperature field is generated by a computer.
1. A method for displaying a temperature field of an area of a human skin surface in order to monitor a pathological process, comprising:
saving a digital image of the area of the human skin surface in a memory of a computer and displaying the digital image on a computer screen; the digital image acquired using a camera;
marking pre-measurement points on the digital image displayed on the computer screen, the pre-measurement points corresponding to points on the area of the human skin surface;
measuring, using one of an infrared thermometer and an infrared pyrometer, the temperature only at the points of the human skin surface corresponding to the pre-measurement points previously marked on the digital image;
providing measured values of the temperature at said points of the human skin surface corresponding to the pre-measurement points previously marked on the digital image to the computer;
generating a temperature field using only the measured values of temperatures and the computer that is configured to generate the temperature field; since temperature is measured at said points corresponding to the pre-measurement points marked on the digital image, the temperature field is formed superimposed on the digital image;
saving an image of the temperature field superimposed on the digital image of the area of the human skin surface in the computer; and
displaying the image of the temperature field superimposed on the digital image of the area of the human skin surface on the computer screen;
whereby displaying a temperature field of an area of a human skin surface is used to detect inflammatory, vascular, and tumor pathologies in humans.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temperature field of the area of the human skin surface is formed by interpolation of temperatures, measured at the pre-measurement points.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the temperature field of the area of the human skin surface is formed by linear interpolation of temperatures, measured in adjacent pre-measurement points on the area of the human skin surface.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the image of the temperature field of the area of the human skin surface is displayed on the computer screen in accordance with a computer program color palette, in which each specific color corresponds to a temperature value.
5. The method of claim 2 further comprising displaying the image of the temperature field on the computer screen.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measured values of the temperature are displayed in a numerical form on the screen of the computer at corresponding pre-measurement points on the image of the area of the human skin surface.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein temperature measurements are obtained serially.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising saving the temperature field in a database.