Sunday, April 6, 2014

All You Need To Know About Thermal Breast Imaging

By Juana Buchanan


Doctors view mammography as the splendid standards for diagnosis of breast malignancy. All other medical experts put too much attention in this direction neglecting a highly benefiting procedure known as thermal breast imaging. While mammography concentrates on analysis of an existing dangerous tissue, the digitized infrared thermal imaging (DITI) on the other hands aims to detect their formation at cellular level before they multiply to billions to form a tumour when other tests can detect them.

The guideline behind thermal imaging is truly straightforward. Ideally, the skin coating a harmful breast tissue gets hotter than the encompassing tissue. Utilizing high temperature sensitive/infrared images, pictures taken could be helpful to locate growth at its most punctual stage conceivable.

Malignancies need large quantities of nutrients to facilitate their growth right from onset which triggers increase in blood supply to the region. This new development triggers new changes such as development of new blood vessels, increasing the volume of existing ones and making the previously inactive ones active. The result is an increased temperature on the zone and changes from normal image due to new blood vessels all which are detectable.

Given that breast thermal impressions are as unique as DNA, an introductory infrared image is taken on the initial screening and is used for future reference. The typical cell multiplying rate is about 80 days and hence the patient can go for the second infrared image after 90 days. The two photographs can then be looked at and examined for any progressions. In the event that there is no change on images, this structures the groundwork for future examinations. The patients will then attend annual screening.

In case of any suspicion on the first screening or even the second one, the patient is promptly sent detailed diagnosis testing. With these noteworthy effects, thermography has the ability to recognize inconsistencies several years before mammography can. The progressions discovered are at cell level making it conceivable to spot potential tumour 8 to 10 prior years in advance of any other test. This is supported by research that proves that cancerous tumours become detectable after having developed for over seven years or more.

With regular screening, you have a chance to adjust your lifestyle and diet and transform the cells before they develop into cancerous tissue. It is more of a preventive measure than just early detection that is 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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