應用核磁共振照影探測貓之重要背部各經穴之安全深度及其針灸機轉
Date Issued
2002
Date
2002
Author(s)
林仁壽
DOI
902313B002317
Abstract
The work of many scientists and
clinicians over the past 20 years has
confirmed the therapeutic values of
acupuncture in treating animal diseases.
Nowadays, many veterinarians wish to
integrate acupuncture therapy into their
routine practice. The functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) developed
recently may provide a very useful technique
to explore the animal body’s anatomy. We
gathered 38 cats of either sexes or ages and
according to their body conditions divided
into three types: fat cats, medium cats, and
thin cats. After anesthetized, the
cross-sections of cats at the level of
acupoints on the trunk are made by MRI.
These acupoints include Governor vessel
(GV) (14 points)、the first pair of Bladder
meridian (BL) (18 pairs of points) and the
second pair of Bladder meridian (15 pairs
of points).The safe depth of acupoints along
Governor vessel were measured from skin
to spinal cord, while that of acupoints along
Bladder meridian were measured from skin
to parietal pleura or parietal peritoneum.
Results projected the safe depth of some
important acupuncture points on the trunk of
cats included confidence intervals and
multiple regressions. We found the body
conditions of cats and the safe depths were
significantly different. Meanwhile, we also
showed the special anatomic figures around
the points and all data provide very crucial
information for feline acupuncture practice.
Subjects
veterinary acupuncture
point
fMRI
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學動物科學技術學系暨研究所
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