Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging or DITI is a painless, non - invasive screening test, that converts infrared radiation emitted from the skin surface into electrical impulses that are visualized, in colour, on a computer monitor.

This visual image is a graphic map of body temperature, and is referred to as a thermogram. It covers a spectrum of colours, and can indicate an increase or decrease in the amount of infrared radiation being emitted from the body surface.

Since the normal body has a high degree of thermal symmetry, subtle abnormal temperature asymmetry, which accompanies inflammation, injury or disease processes, can be easily identified.

Because the camera can record to a temperature sensitivity of 0.01°C, this means it’s possible to visualize and measure changes in skin surface temperature, in precise detail, which makes DITI a major tool in reaching a clinical diagnosis.

With its high sensitivity to pathology in the vascular, muscular, neural and skeletal systems of the body, thermal scans can contribute greatly towards a clinicians understanding of health issues for clients.

Medical DITI is filling the gap in clinical diagnosis … the big plus is that unlike most other diagnostic modalities DITI is completely non invasive, and its potential to detect early breast lesion development before it’s clinically evident, makes an extremely viable case for DITI becoming the first choice for women, as a TRUE early mass screening test.

Because it’s such a very sensitive and reliable means of graphically mapping and displaying skin surface temperature, by showing the combined effect of the autonomic nervous system and the vascular system, right down to capillary dysfunction, you can evaluate, monitor and document a large number of injuries and conditions, including soft tissue injuries and sensory/autonomic nerve fibre dysfunction. All of this information can be used to assist in a more complete and accurate diagnosis by a medical practitioner.

Medical DITI can also offer considerable financial savings by avoiding the need for more expensive and invasive investigations.

Medical DITI can graphically display the very subjective feeling of pain by objectively displaying the changes in skin surface temperature that accompany pain states.

Medical DITI can be used as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis, as well as therapy follow up and rehabilitation monitoring, within clinical fields that include Rheumatology, neurology, physiotherapy, sports medicine, oncology, pediatrics, orthopedics and many others.

Results obtained with medical DITI systems are totally objective and show excellent correlation with other diagnostic tests.

Medical DITI has been used extensively in human medicine in the U.S.A., Europe and Asia for the past 20 years. Current state of the art PC based IR technology designed specifically for clinical application has changed all this.

Clinical uses for DITI include;

The short video clip below from You Tube, of a presentation by Dr Moshe Dekel, gives some further explanation. It’s well worth watching.