Breast Thermography After Four Years and 10,000 Studies

Isard, Harold J.; Becker, Warren; Shilo, R; Ostrum, Bernard J.

doi:10.2214/ajr.115.4.811

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“…It has probably been most investigated for breast cancer [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], but growing literature reports its use in a variety of other medical conditions [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. To the best of our knowledge, however, there are only two reports of the use of DITI in skeletal trauma.…”

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Early assessment of the efficacy of digital infrared thermal imaging in pediatric extremity trauma

et al. 2012

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Young children or those with intellectual disability with trauma to an extremity often undergo radiographs of the whole limb. The objective of the study was to assess the efficacy of digital infrared thermal images (DITI) in pediatric extremity trauma. We hypothesized fractures to be associated with local hyperthermia, detectable with DITI, which could direct focused radiographs. In this exploratory study, patients seen over a 2-month period in a pediatric emergency department for limb trauma were included if an extremity radiograph was taken on the same day. Patients had DITI of symptomatic and contralateral limbs. The warmest area of each image was compared to the site of pain and/or fracture on the radiograph. Fifty-one patients were enrolled. DITI matched 73% of pain sites. Fractures were seen in 11 patients. DITI matched 7 of 11 (64%) fracture sites. DITI performance in pinpointing the site of injury, although suboptimal, is encouraging for further evaluation.

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Early assessment of the efficacy of digital infrared thermal imaging in pediatric extremity trauma

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“…The research community has responded with a substantial body of work on this specific disease and IRT is at the forefront of this effort. A breast harboring a cancer can produce an increase in IR emission causing a disparity in the thermographic skin pattern of the two breasts [146]. Therefore, in normal breast thermograms, symmetric heat patterns are observed in both breasts, but in the case of an unilateral abnormality, asymmetry is observed.…”

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Application of infrared thermography in computer aided diagnosis

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et al. 2014

Infrared Physics & Technology

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The invention of thermography, in the 1950s, posed a formidable problem to the research community: What is the relationship between disease and heat radiation captured with Infrared (IR) cameras? The research community responded with a continuous effort to find this crucial relationship. This effort was aided by advances in processing techniques, improved sensitivity and spatial resolution of thermal sensors. However, despite this progress fundamental issues with this imaging modality still remain. The main problem is that the link between disease and heat radiation is complex and in many cases even nonlinear. Furthermore, the change in heat radiation as well as the change in radiation pattern, which indicate disease, is minute. On a technical level, this poses high requirements on image capturing and processing. On a more abstract level, these problems lead to inter-observer variability and on an even more abstract level they lead to a lack of trust in this imaging modality. In this review, we adopt the position that these problems can only be solved through a strict application of scientific principles and objective performance assessment. Computing machinery is inherently objective; this helps us to apply scientific principles in a transparent way and to assess the performance results. As a consequence, we aim to promote thermography based ComputerAided Diagnosis (CAD) systems. Another benefit of CAD systems comes from the fact that the diagnostic accuracy is linked to the capability of the computing machinery and, in general, computers become ever more potent. We predict that a pervasive application of computers and networking technology in medicine will help us to overcome the shortcomings of any single imaging modality and this will pave the way for integrated health care systems which maximize the quality of patient care.

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“…40 Isard, 60 in his study of 10 000 patients with infrared imaging and mammography commented on the remarkable stability of infrared images from one year to the next in healthy individuals.…”

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A Comparative Review of Thermography as a Breast Cancer Screening Technique

2009

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Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer of women in North America. Despite advances in treatment that have reduced mortality, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer induced death. Several well established tools are used to screen for breast cancer including clinical breast exams, mammograms, and ultrasound. Thermography was first introduced as a screening tool in 1956 and was initially well accepted. However, after a 1977 study found thermography to lag behind other screening tools, the medical community lost interest in this diagnostic approach. This review discusses each screening tool with a focus brought to thermography. No single tool provides excellent predictability; however, a combination that incorporates thermography may boost both sensitivity and specificity. In light of technological advances and maturation of the thermographic industry, additional research is required to confirm the potential of this technology to provide an effective non-invasive, low risk adjunctive tool for the early detection of breast cancer.

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Breast Thermography After Four Years and 10,000 Studies

Cited by 90 publications

References 13 publications

Early assessment of the efficacy of digital infrared thermal imaging in pediatric extremity trauma

Early assessment of the efficacy of digital infrared thermal imaging in pediatric extremity trauma

Application of infrared thermography in computer aided diagnosis

A Comparative Review of Thermography as a Breast Cancer Screening Technique

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