Real time images, thermography

The infrared thermal imaging is often used to investigate changes in skin surface temperature distribution and to monitor the physiology (Autonomous nervous and microvascular systems) in real time for clinical assessment purposes (Ring Ammer, 2012). Therefore, thermography was used in this experiment. 

Figure 46. Apparatus for measuring infrared thermography in cell culture. The black box and the black body minimize the thermal noise (/.e. reflection and air currents) from the culture plates and the surrounding environment. The use of an incubator also prevents fluctuations in the surrounding temperatures and improves cellular responses and viability. The camera monitors the real-time heat production from the cells in culture with images recorded by a central processing unit for further data analysis (Reproduced from Reference [14] with permission).

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