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Thursday, 27 March 2014

Understanding The Benefits Of Thermal Breast Imaging

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By Juana Buchanan


Again and again, specialists have constantly turned to mammography as the brilliant norms of detecting breast cancer. Medical professionals have accordingly worked in it to the degree that thermal breast imaging has not gain prominence as it should going by results from studies on the subject. Mammography focuses on diagnosis of an existing malignant tissue unlike the computerized (digital) Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) that concentrates on averting disease at cell level before the establishment of any tissue.

Basing on the primary understanding that tissues covering cancerous cells/ tissue become warmer in comparison to other close tissues, by use of heat sensitive cameras also known as infrared cameras, changes can be detected just as they begin to occur.

Malignancies and other tumours need a lot of nutrients to support their rapid acceleration even at early stage. The implication is that blood supply to the region is rapidly accelerated. In order to achieve the demand, the existing vessels increase in volume, the inactive ones become active and new ones develop the effect of which is temperature increase on the region. This thermal increase and changes in blood vessels are detectable through infrared screening.

Given that all women have unique-finger print like thermal breast patterns, initial infrared image is taken and used as reference. Since the normal cell doubling rate is about 80 days, the patient is expected to take the second infrared image after around 90 days. The two photos can then be compared and analysed for any changes. If there is no change on the thermal pattern, this forms the basis for future comparisons. The patient is only required to attend the clinical tests annually.

Should there be any doubt even at initial screening; either mammography or any other test is ordered. With these paramount impacts, thermography can pinpoint inconsistencies up to seven years before mammography. This is because it focuses at cellular level change as opposed to waiting for a tumour to develop. This is supported by several research works that proves that cancers starts to develop many years (7-10) before they become distinguishable using other diagnostic techniques.

This form of screening affords you an opportunity change your lifestyle and stop feeding cancerous cells stopping them from becoming tumours. It is to a greater degree a preventive measure than simply early recognition offered by mammography.

It does not hurt in any manner since it is non-intrusive procedure. It has no side effect and is also free of radiations. Likewise, it works better for circumstances where mammography is not suitable, for example, ladies with small breasts, those who need special attention due to breast implants, post-mastectomy screening, and screening of male patients, case like Abnormal Lymph, Thyroid, Brachial and Carotid and all other cases where mammography is not ideal.

Breast thermography comes with many merits over most alternatives the major one being the chance for earliest possible detection and hence prevention. If used as a complementary procedure to mammography and other diagnosis procedures, it can turn out to be the best medical practice towards eliminating mortality resulting from breast cancers. It only requires annual screening after the initial infrared images are taken.




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