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Mammography vs Thermography According to the CDC, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women and is one of the top ten causes of death among women in the United States. These numbers are frightening and early and accurate detection is vital in order to catch the disease in its early stages and begin lifesaving treatment. There are different methods that are used to detect breast cancer but not all of these methods can give the early detection that is required in order to save lives. Read more.

Thermal Cameras in regards to the Breast Screening and Early Breast Cancer Detection

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Thermal Medical Imaging Examinations involves a patient being placed on a special Medical Imaging Bed which houses the Thermal Medical Infrared camera, located within the bed. The physician conducts the Thermal Device to snap digital infrared imaging of the patient’s breasts. This Thermal Breast Imaging doesn’t hurt. The Infrared imaging is then analyzed to detect thermal algorithms and thus potentially offer pain free early breast cancer detection. At the Follow-up visit, the patient gets a copy of the thermal breast images and meets with the physician to discuss the findings.

breast-thermography-infrared Potentially there is a market for Thermal Medical Imaging as part of alternative cancer screenings for early breast cancer detection. The FDA will continue to review the findings of the clinical trials. The aim of Thermal Medical Imaging is really to provide the patient with a pain-free alternative cancer screening as any woman can tell you mammograms, no matter what size breasts one has, are quite painful, time-consuming and often uncomfortable as a patient is made to stand in front of a machine that presses the flesh of each breast over and over again while the clinical technician attempts to capture the clearest image of the tissue. Usually, this procedure is repeated various times on each breast to insure the clearest image. Women are ever so wary of Mammograms due to the uncomfortable nature of the procedure as well as the time it involves, sometimes taking up to a few weeks or a month for the results to be disclosed. And in the case of Mammograms, the images are not usually seen by the patient.

Women brace themselves each time they make an appointment for a mammogram as they realize the double-edged nature of the appointment but with no alternative, until now with Medical Infrared Imaging, women have had to accept the nature of Mammograms as the only means to early breast cancer detection. It is our hope that with FDA approval, Thermal Imaging will prove to be at least a pain-free alternative cancer screening option for patients, men and women alike.

References:

Anon. “Thermography / Computerized Thermal Imaging. www.imagins.com.http://www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/thermal_imaging.asp, (05/8/2009).

Anon. “Breast cancer treatment heats up”. www.physorg.com,http://www.physorg.com/news92400583.html, (05/08/2009)