Infrared Photography

Application	Notes	Reference
Transillumination of infant skull	Described a conventional transillumination technique but used colour infrared film. Concluded in an addendum to the paper that this technique was able to diagnose a child with hydrancephaly weeks before the physicians would commit themselves. Author recommended technique as diagnostic.	Ford 1974
Night movement of patients	Described the use of infrared time-lapse photography to analyse the night movement of affected patients.	Blackburn et al. 1975
Neural tube defects	Showed that infrared photography was useful for revealing neural tube defects.	Marshall 1979

Blackburn, I., Glen, A., Hill, A., Ashworth, C. & Lucey, E., 1975. "Infrared time lapse photography: a technique for analysing night movement in affective patients," J. Psych.Res. 12:69-72.
Ford, R., 1974. "Infrared photography of transilluminated infant skulls," J. Biol. Photogr. Ass. 42 (3):94-102.
Marshall, R., 1979. "Infrared recording of neural tube defects," J. Audiovis. Media Med. 2:92-94.