On Friday 21st. and Saturday 22nd. of September 2007 during the annual Norwegian Science week the Department of Medical Physiology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Tromsø in collaboration with the Department of Radiology at the University Hospital of North Norway demonstrated the use of an infrared camera. The booth was very popular among the general public and people of all ages from very young children to old age pensioners had a chance to sit in front of an infrared camera and see thermal images of themselves. Together with two other sections from the Medical Faculty we won the prize for best booth during the 2007 National Science week in Tromsø.
On the computer monitor on the left a short video was running showing how we use an infrared camera to monitor blood circulation during an operation carried out by the Department of Plastic Surgery at our University Hospital. In this particular operation a female patient who had originally lost a breast as a result of cancer surgery is having a new one constructed.
The entire film can be see here.
The Department of Medical Physiology was represented by Dr. Small and the Department of Radiology by Dr. Tall
A hand is placed inside a thin black plastic bag...
…that is ”transparent” for the infrared camera.
One or several fingers were cooled down by immersion in ice water...
…and when the hand was viewed in the infra-red camera...
...the cooled fingers appeared to be ”amputated”.
Many senior school students found there way the thermography booth
Some people even had infrared images taken of their pets
Photo: Dr. Tall