Medeiros Carlos Roberto de, Brioschi Marcos Leal, Souza Solange Nogueira de, Teixeira Manoel Jacobsen
Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Divisão de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, São Paulo, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2017 Mar-Apr;50(2):260-264. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0390-2016.
Infrared imaging (IR) is a noninvasive technique that quantifies body surface temperature, producing a digital color image. IR has been used to study diseases in which skin temperature can reflect the presence of inflammation.
This was an observational pilot study of eight patients envenomed by snakes, spiders, and scorpions. All patients were examined using a thermal camera.
In all cases, we obtained infrared images that corroborated clinical findings indicating localized effects of venom, specifically inflammation.
IR has potential for use as a research, diagnostic, and monitoring tool for localized effects of animal venoms.
红外成像（IR）是一种非侵入性技术，可对体表温度进行量化，生成数字彩色图像。红外成像已被用于研究皮肤温度可反映炎症存在的疾病。
这是一项对8名被蛇、蜘蛛和蝎子毒液蜇伤患者的观察性初步研究。所有患者均使用热成像相机进行检查。
在所有病例中，我们获得的红外图像证实了临床发现，表明毒液有局部作用，特别是炎症。
红外成像有潜力作为研究、诊断和监测动物毒液局部作用的工具。
