Application of Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) in Graves' Disease
Application of Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) in Graves' Disease
Graves' disease is characterized by thyrotoxicosis, goiter, ophthalmopathy and dermopathy.
 Pathogenesis involves autoimmune process. The investigators think temperatures of the area
 involved in the inflammation may change. Thus the investigators plan to take temperature
 pictures of Graves' patients using digital infrared thermal imaging system and observe the
 change.
We will recruited patients of Graves' disease from out patient clinics. We will perform
 thyroid echo and soft tissue echo first. Then we let patients sit before the thermal camera
 and take thermal images of eyes necks and tibia. After data collection, we analyse the
 relation between temperature and laboratory data such as thyroid function and autoimmune
 profiles.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Graves' disease patients. Healthy people

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Pregnancy. <16 years old or > 60 years old