Editing Kirlian photography (section)

===Scientific research===
Results of scientific experiments published in 1976 involving Kirlian photography of living tissue (human finger tips) showed that most of the variations in corona discharge streamer length, density, curvature, and color can be accounted for by the moisture content on the surface of and within the living tissue.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pehek|first=John O.|author2=Kyler, Harry J. |author3=Faust, David L. |name-list-style=amp |title=Image Modulatic Corona Discharge Photography|journal=Science|date=15 October 1976|volume=194|issue=4262|pages=263–270|doi=10.1126/science.968480|pmid=968480|bibcode=1976Sci...194..263P}}</ref> 
[[File:MDR Dusty Miller.jpg|thumb|Kirlian photograph of a dusty leaf]]
Konstantin Korotkov developed a technique similar to Kirlian photography called "gas discharge visualization" (GDV).<ref>Korotkov K.G., Krizhanovsky E.V. et al. (2004) The Dynamic of the Gas Discharge around Drops of Liquids. In book: Measuring Energy Fields: State of the Science, Backbone Publ.Co., Fair Lawn, USA, pp.&nbsp;103–123.</ref><ref>Korotkov K., Korotkin D. (2001) Concentration Dependence of Gas Discharge around Drops of Inorganic Electrolytes, Journal of Applied Physics, 89, 9, pp. 4732–4737.</ref><ref>Korotkov K. G., Kaariainen P. (1998) GDV Applied for the Study of a Physical Stress in Sportsmens, Journal of Pathophysiology, Vol. 5., p. 53, Saint Petersburg.</ref> Korotkov's GDV camera system consists of hardware and software to directly record, process and interpret GDV images with a computer. Korotkov promotes the device and research in a medical context.<ref>Katorgin, V. S., Meizerov, E. E. (2000) Actual Questions GDV in Medical Activity, Congress Traditional Medicine, Federal Scientific Clinical and Experimental Center of Traditional Methods of Treatment and Diagnosis, Ministry of Health, pp&nbsp;452–456, Elista, Moscow, Russia.</ref> Izabela Ciesielska at the Institute of Architecture of Textiles in Poland used Korotkov's GDV camera to evaluate the effects of human contact with various textiles on biological factors such as heart rate and blood pressure, as well as corona discharge images. The experiments captured corona discharge images of subjects' fingertips while the subjects wore sleeves of various natural and synthetic materials on their forearms. The results failed to establish a relationship between human contact with the textiles and the corona discharge images and were considered inconclusive.<ref name=Ciesielska/>