Thermal Imaging as a Method to Indirectly Assess Peripheral Vascular Integrity and Tissue Viability in Veterinary Medicine: Animal Models and Clinical Applications

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a technique that indirectly assesses peripheral blood circulation and its resulting amount of radiated heat. Due to these properties, thermal imaging is currently applied in human medicine to noninvasively evaluate peripheral vascular disorders such as thrombosis, thro...

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Published in:Animals (Basel) 2023-12, Vol.14 (1), p.142
Main Authors: Mota-Rojas, Daniel, Ogi, Asahi, Villanueva-García, Dina, Hernández-Ávalos, Ismael, Casas-Alvarado, Alejandro, Domínguez-Oliva, Adriana, Lendez, Pamela, Ghezzi, Marcelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Blood pressure
Blood vessels
burn wounds
Burns
Burns and scalds
Care and treatment
Diabetes
Foot diseases
Foreign bodies
free flaps
Health aspects
Heat detection
Histamine
Hypothalamus
Injuries
Ischemia
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Pathology
Radiation
Review
Skin
skin grafting
Small intestine
Temperature
Thermography
Thromboembolism
thrombosis
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
Vein & artery diseases
Veterinary medicine
Wound healing
Wounds and injuries
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Summary:Infrared thermography (IRT) is a technique that indirectly assesses peripheral blood circulation and its resulting amount of radiated heat. Due to these properties, thermal imaging is currently applied in human medicine to noninvasively evaluate peripheral vascular disorders such as thrombosis, thromboembolisms, and other ischemic processes. Moreover, tissular damage (e.g., burn injuries) also causes microvasculature compromise. Therefore, thermography can be applied to determine the degree of damage according to the viability of tissues and blood vessels, and it can also be used as a technique to monitor skin transplant procedures such as grafting and free flaps. The present review aims to summarize and analyze the application of IRT in veterinary medicine as a method to indirectly assess peripheral vascular integrity and its relation to the amount of radiated heat and as a diagnostic technique for tissue viability, degree of damage, and wound care.
ISSN:2076-2615
2076-2615
DOI:10.3390/ani14010142