Thermography as a method for evaluating human vegetative reactions

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Keywords:

thermal imaging method, temperature of skin surface, blood flow, muscle contraction

Abstract

The possibility of using the thermal imaging method to assess the level of blood flow in the course of building thermograms of the surface of the hands of healthy volunteers before and after the load on the muscles was studied in this paper. The results obtained using the thermal imaging method provide objective information about the degree of blood supply to the tissues, which opens up new perspectives for evaluating skin blood flow in the dynamics. The technique is absolutely safe, non-invasive, versatile and easy to perform.

Author Biographies

  • Kseniya M. Liuzina, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (biology); associate professor at the department of human and animal physiology, faculty of biology

  • Svetlana A. Rutkevich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (biology); associate professor at the department of human and animal physiology, faculty of biology

  • Raman Yu. Mikulich, «Optics, Optoelectronics and Laser Technology», 68 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    junior researcher at the optoelectronic engineering laboratory

  • Dzmitry M. Kabanau, «Optics, Optoelectronics and Laser Technology», 68 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (physics and mathematics); deputy head of the optoelectronic engineering laboratory

  • Yahor V. Lebiadok, «Optics, Optoelectronics and Laser Technology», 68 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (physics and mathematics); head of the optoelectronic engineering laboratory

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2019-06-27

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No. 2 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Biology

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Cell Biology and Physiology

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Liuzina, K. M., Rutkevich, S. A., Mikulich, R. Y., Kabanau, D. M., & Lebiadok, Y. V. (2019). Thermography as a method for evaluating human vegetative reactions. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 2, 36-44. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-1722-2019-2-36-44