The Use of Thermography in the Detection of Extracranial Carotid Arte- rial Insufficiency--Description of a Provocative Cooling Technique.

Harold L. Karpman, J. C. Clayton, Irvin M. Kalb, H. L. Moshin, Joseph J. Sheppard

Expert InsightsPublished 1970

The majority of strokes are due to occlusive lesions, most often in the extracranial carotid arterial system. A method is proposed in which a provocative cooling technique is employed utilizing time-sequenced thermograms of the supraorbital regions of the forehead in order to provide a functional test of internal carotid arterial blood flow. The thermographic procedure is presented as one of several atraumatic diagnostic modalities which are being adapted for performance by paramedical personnel in a specialized, semiautomated, screening, clinical laboratory environment using computer data processing. 16 pp. Ref.

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Karpman, Harold L., J. C. Clayton, Irvin M. Kalb, H. L. Moshin, and Joseph J. Sheppard, The Use of Thermography in the Detection of Extracranial Carotid Arte- rial Insufficiency--Description of a Provocative Cooling Technique. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1970. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4388.html.
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