by Dr. James Odell, OMD. L.Ac.
Contact Regulation Thermography (CRT) is a thermodynamic diagnostic method that utilizes the physiologic behavior of the body's skin temperature when exposed to a cold stimulus in order to determine the functionality and health status of certain organs, glands and tissues. It involves taking a temperature measurement of specific areas on the surface of the body twice, once as a baseline and again after exposure to a 10 minute cold challenge.
Contact Regulation Thermography (CRT) is a thermodynamic diagnostic method that utilizes the physiologic behavior of the body's skin temperature when exposed to a cold stimulus in order to determine the functionality and health status of certain organs, glands and tissues. It involves taking a temperature measurement of specific areas on the surface of the body twice, once as a baseline and again after exposure to a 10 minute cold challenge.
"The CRT gives a different picture of characteristics of disease development. With CRT we are facilitated with information about early cellular and metabolic dysfunction which serves to create disturbances most likely leading to disease. With CRT we can see what the body is doing before it becomes dysfunctional enough to create an irreversible problem." – Petra Blum, MD, President of the International Medical Academy of Thermography (IMAT) Germany.
The Contact Regulation Thermography ProcedureThe CRT process is based on a double measurement of the skin temperature at 119 locations (specific points) on the surface of the body. The patient first sits fully clothed in a slight cool room 20°C. to 23° C. for 10 to 15 minutes while the body temperature acclimates. The technician begins the measurements by gently touching a temperature probe on specific points on the face and neck. The patient is then asked to remove their clothes from the waist up, so that the remainder of the measurements on the arms, chest, upper and lower abdomen, back and breast can be taken. After that, the patient is asked to disrobe from the waist down and stands unclothed in their underwear, with arms by their side, exposed to the cool room air for 10 minutes. The exposure provides a challenge to the body’s temperature regulation processes. While still undressed, the same points are measured again to conclude the test.
The new generation CRT 2000® device analyzes the input data and provides both a graphic representation of the thermal measurements and an interpretation based on the combined data. The computer program also analyzes and prints out a variety of interpretive indices.
Contact regulation thermography does not entail the use of ionizing radiation, venous access, radioactive dyes, or any other invasive procedures. It is safe and simple. The examination process of touching a temperature probe to the body poses no harm or discomfort to the patient.
CRT represents an extraordinary technology and potential for assisting practitioners in individually tailoring their clinical approach based on objective data. It is a precise temperature monitor of thermal abnormalities present in a number of diseases and physical injuries. CRT may be used as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis, as well as therapy follow up and rehabilitation monitoring, within clinical fields that include oncology, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, pediatrics, orthopedics and many others.
For more information about thermography, visit eidam.com.
The new generation CRT 2000® device analyzes the input data and provides both a graphic representation of the thermal measurements and an interpretation based on the combined data. The computer program also analyzes and prints out a variety of interpretive indices.
Contact regulation thermography does not entail the use of ionizing radiation, venous access, radioactive dyes, or any other invasive procedures. It is safe and simple. The examination process of touching a temperature probe to the body poses no harm or discomfort to the patient.
CRT represents an extraordinary technology and potential for assisting practitioners in individually tailoring their clinical approach based on objective data. It is a precise temperature monitor of thermal abnormalities present in a number of diseases and physical injuries. CRT may be used as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis, as well as therapy follow up and rehabilitation monitoring, within clinical fields that include oncology, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, pediatrics, orthopedics and many others.
For more information about thermography, visit eidam.com.
Republished from: http://www.integrativenaturalmedicine.org/articles/thermography-odell.html
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