TTM Infrared Thermal Imaging And Its Application In Human Meridian

Study on objective display of travelling courses of Fourteen Meridians and theirformation mechanism is not only the key point, but also the difficulty of modern researchof meridian. It is an ideal method to display the meridians without any disturbance.Infrared thermal imaging is an emerging technology which is non-invasive and has beenextensively applied in meridian research. The aim of this thesis is to take some researchon meridian using Thermal Texture Maps (TTM). Firstly, the heat transfer mechanism andthermal models of bio-tissue were expatiated in this thesis. The steady temperaturedistribution in arm was also calculated using Finite Element Method, and the effects ofvarious factors on temperature distribution in arm were especially analyzed. Secondly, theworking principle of infrared thermal imaging and its recent development status wasreviewed, and the application foreground in medicine of thermograph was also presented.Furthermore, sixty healthy youth volunteers were recruited from Physics and Opto-electronics Technology Department of Fujian Normal University, and screened usingTTM in an attempt to research on infrared radiant characteristics of human meridians andacupoints and their time correlation. The results showed that the infrared radiant tracks ofmeridian courses over body surface were in accord with meridians described in thetraditional Chinese medicine textbook, which provided the evidence of the objectiveexistence of meridians in human body. In addition, the results also indicated that infraredradiant track along human meridian courses was a normal vital and physiologicalphenomenon appearing in human being.