Infrared cameras can detect elevated body temperature which may indicate the presence of fever. Due to factors such as, economic migration and the growth of international travel means that it is much easier for infections and disease to spread quickly. This calls for a stringent global prevention policy.
A raised body temperature is often a sign of some serious infections. After recent outbreaks of the serious flu strain H1N1 and the severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS, the world’s health authorities have been looking for a fast and efficient way of detecting raised human body temperature without invasive procedures having to be carried out.
An infrared camera is an ideal way to do this and can accurately complete this kind of procedure in a non-invasive way.
It is now being used around the world as a screening tool for those entering and leaving countries via airplanes.
An infrared thermal camera produces thermal images capable of detecting the smallest heat differences and is capable of detecting disease in a way that no other non invasive instrument cannot.
To do this, health authorities used an infrared building camera with a high thermal sensitivity as this type of camera is the most suitable for this kind of application.
Written by Sara Thomson
