The potential of dynamic area telethermometry in assessing breast cancer

Author

Anbar, Michael ; Brown, Cheryl ; Milescu, Lorin ; Babalola, John ; Gentner, Laura

Author_Institution

Sch. of Med. & Biomed. Sci., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

2000

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

62

Abstract

It has been suggested that dynamic area telethermometry (DAT) can be used to detect the presence of breast cancer by measuring the attenuation of modulation of skin temperature. This effect is caused by the production of nitric oxide (NO) by cancerous cells. In this article we show that DAT enables one to locate areas on the breast surface that exhibit abnormally low temperature modulation. DAT measures the time profile of temperature of every pixel of a two-dimensional array of pixels in a thermal image.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; biothermics; cancer; infrared imaging; mammography; skin; spectral methods of temperature measurement; NO; abnormally low temperature modulation; breast cancer; breast surface; cancerous cells; dynamic area telethermometry; nitric oxide; skin temperature modulation attenuation; thermal image; time profile; two-dimensional pixel array; Amplitude modulation; Area measurement; Biomedical monitoring; Breast cancer; Frequency; Malignant tumors; Skin; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Time measurement; Body Temperature; Breast Neoplasms; Diagnostic Imaging; Female; Humans; Infrared Rays; Male; Skin Temperature; Telemetry; Thermography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.844381

Filename

844381