Utilización de imagen termográfica en el diagnóstico de patologías caninas

  1. Sánz Tolón, A.
  2. Vicente Pubiano, M.
  3. Castaño Rosado, María
  4. Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, José Manuel
Revista:
Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias

ISSN: 1988-2688

Año de publicación: 2008

Volumen: 2

Número: 2

Páginas: 141-147

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias

Resumen

Thermography is a complementary method of imaging diagnosis which is based on the infrared radiation that bodies emit and reflex; this radiation is received and quantified by the thermographic camera that turns them into digital images. This camera has a lot of colour palettes which allow us to understand the temperature changes. The application of this technique has been tested with two dog clinical cases, the 1st one was a dermatitis produced by deep pyoderma on face, neck and bones reliefs, all of these caused by leishmaniasis. The 2nd case came to the veterinary hospital presenting a mass located on the neck area. Thanks to thermography the...