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Thermo-visual Evaluation of the Yin-Tang Acupuncture Point for Intracranial Hypertension Syndrome

2003; World Scientific; Volume: 31; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s0192415x03001041

1793-6853

Aleck M. Ovechkin, Kyeong-Seop Kim, Jeong‐Whan Lee, Sangmin Lee,

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging

This study describes a thermo-visual method to diagnose intracranial hypertension syndrome that is caused by a high intracranial pressure by observing the relative temperature distribution around the "Yin-Tang" acupuncture point. Based on thermo-visual analysis of 3000 thermal images scanned by infrared thermal imaging system acquired from 1256 admitted patients, we found that a certain specific temperature distribution around the Yin-Tang acupuncture point was related with the degree of severity of intracranial hypertension syndrome. Thus, we claim that the evaluation of the relative temperature distribution around the Yin-Tang acupuncture point can be used to diagnose and control intracranial hypertension syndrome during medical treatments.