Ovechkin A, Lee S M, Kim K S
OVTON Ltd, Thermovisual Diagnostics, Acupuncture, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Acupunct Electrother Res. 2001;26(1-2):11-23. doi: 10.3727/036012901816356072.
The aim of our study is to evaluate the temperature distributions around the acupuncture points and channels by visualizing the infrared emissions emanated from the human skin. Our thermal imaging system that is the most sensitive to 10um long infrared wavelength allows us to recognize the actual location of acupuncture point and analyze its functional condition by examining the temperature gradient between the point and its surrounding skin area. The temperature perception of acupuncture point on extremities is especially important since its location and functional condition have a tendency to be altered if one contract disease such as immunodeficiency, arterial hypertension, and dyskinesia of biliary ducts. Also, thermovisual examinations over the acupuncture points allow us to perform the objective medical treatments by observing the transition of temperature gradients.
我们研究的目的是通过可视化人体皮肤发出的红外辐射来评估穴位和经络周围的温度分布。我们的热成像系统对10微米长的红外波长最为敏感,它使我们能够识别穴位的实际位置,并通过检查穴位与其周围皮肤区域之间的温度梯度来分析其功能状态。四肢穴位的温度感知尤为重要,因为如果一个人患有诸如免疫缺陷、动脉高血压和胆管运动障碍等疾病,其位置和功能状态往往会发生改变。此外,对穴位进行热视觉检查使我们能够通过观察温度梯度的变化来进行客观的医学治疗。