What is Infrared Imaging?

... the next best thing to having a horse who can tell you exactly where it hurts!

Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) is an advanced diagnostic technique that is now making an impact on veterinary medicine.

Unlike most diagnostic tests D.I.T.I. is non-invasive and there are no risks or side effects. Images, or “Thermograms”, can be taken of the whole body or just areas under investigation. By detecting thermal asymmetries, DITI offers the trainer, owner and vets a revealing look at their horses, enabling them to identify and treat problems with both soft-tissue and bone before it results in lameness or permanent damage.

DITI can provide information about an animals response to treatment as well as the effects of injury, disease or prescribed treatment. Tests take about 15 minutes. More Info

DITI is being increasingly recognised as a useful tool in the early identification of musculoskeletal and neurological injuries, especially non-specific (and difficult to diagnose) lameness. The ability to detect inflammatory and neurological processes at a very early stage can be critical to the out come.

DITI is used to look for far more than just "hot spots" with accuracy down to 0.1°c very accurate and objective results are possible. Nerve damage or irritation will be seen as areas of reduced temperature (cold). More commonly seen are patterns of heat caused by trauma or infection. Even deep inflammation can be detected by thermography.

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"Early inflammation of a stressed tendon can be detected up to 2 weeks earlier than by routine clinical examination".