Title :
Efficacy of thermographic examination for minimum breast cancer
Author :
Usuki, Hisashi ; Ikeda, Tadashi ; Igarashi, Yoshiaki ; Yokoe, Takao ; Sonoo, Hiroshi ; Asaishi, Kazuaki ; Fukushima, Hisaki
Author_Institution :
Kagawa Med. Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Thermography is a useful examination method for the following reasons: 1) it is able to detect many non-palpable breast cancers that otherwise might be missed by ultrasonography or mammography; 2) patients who have preoperative thermographic examinations can avoid undergoing unnecessary surgery for determining prognosis; 3) patients with non-palpable breast cancers detected by thermography indicate the need for prompt treatment.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; biothermics; cancer; infrared imaging; mammography; mammography; medical diagnostic imaging; nonpalpable breast cancers; preoperative thermographic examinations; prognosis determination; prompt treatment; thermographic examination efficacy; ultrasonography; unnecessary surgery avoidance; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Cancer detection; Diseases; Hospitals; Lesions; Mammary glands; Mammography; Medical diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1017385
