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Please contact us by phone, email or visit us at the details given above. We look forward to hearing from you. |
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T.M.I. |
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Test and Measurement Instruments C.C. |
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CK 1985/007464/23 |
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“Tomorrow’s Instruments Today” — “For Good Measure” ® |
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TMI, Established—1982 |
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Good Practice in Thermography. |
Good Practice |
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Good Practice in Thermography For Thermal Imaging Laboratories. |
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In the imaging environment, such as in a laboratory there should be no heat sources, unshielded light sources or external light leakage into the imaging area. All of these foreign heat sources will cause infrared (IR) energy pollution and render the images captured clinically unusable. Strange enough, even a wall heated by the sun or a hot water pipe can be a source of IR pollution. There should be no direct air movement over the person being imaged, including from windows, doors or air-conditioning ducts or outlets as this will distort the true image. The wind stream could artificially cool the body inconsistently, and could provide incorrect readings of the image series. The temperature of the imaging area must be stable and well controlled, keeping it to less than one (1) degree variance during the imaging session. The ambient temperature should be no more than 23.5 degrees Celsius and no less than 19 degrees Celsius. This environmental temperature will vary from region to region with consideration of the external temperatures. As an example, in an area with a daytime average of 26+ C, a 19 degree room would actually trigger a response from the nervous system, rendering the images less that useful. The person should be fully briefed as to what to avoid before the imaging session. If there is a primary control error in subject preparation, the session should be rescheduled for a later date. As an example, a person driving to the laboratory sitting on a car seat which was wet with water and thus rending the buttocks cold. This is not a factor if the neck is the primary area of concern to be imaged, but it is of concern if it were a lower back image set. The person should be fully briefed by the thermographer before the session commences so that they understand the physical process fully and not finding any procedure a surprise. The files from the client should be kept on suitable electronic media and those files should be protected by encryption (most desirable) or password security to prevent acquisition of private information or records by people not authorised to have such records. For any clinical study of this nature, there are a certain number of base images which should be captured, regardless of any extra images also requiring to be captured. The Report The clients could be given a copy of all relevant images in either printed or electronic form with a written report, if such a report is required. |
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