Screening For Breast Cancer With No Compression And No Radiation

Who would have thought that a technology for detecting breast cancer
used today actually had its' roots dating back to 480 B.C.? Digital
Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) is a fairly new technology that
represents a practice that was once used by Hippocrates. This
technology is based on a technique that Hippocrates would use as he
spread mud over his patients and then watched to see which areas dried
first. It was in those places on the body that could show a disease.

It wasn't until 1957 that the first modern application of thermography
came into existence when a Canadian doctor discovered that the skin
temperature over a breast tumor was higher than that of healthy
tissue. By 1982, the Food and Drug Administration approved
thermography and classified it as an additional diagnostic tool for
the detection of breast cancer. However, DITI was introduced as a
diagnostic tool before strict protocols were established for both the
technicians who performed the scans and the doctors who interpreted
the scans. Shortly after its initial beginnings, DITI fell out of
favor as a diagnostic tool in the medical community.

There are now stringent protocols both for testing and interpreting.
Perhaps due to these guidelines, thermography (as with all digital
technology) has exploded in its technique and capabilities. Thermal
cameras detect heat given off by the body and display it as a picture
on a computer monitor. These images are unique to the person and they
remain stable over time. It is because of these characteristics that
thermal imaging is a valuable and effective screening tool to
determine changes that could point to trouble down the road. As we all
know, early cancer detection is important to survival.

Another advantage is that, unlike mammography, there is no radiation
and no compression of the breast; two significant reasons some women
refuse mammography. Thermography measures temperature changes in the
body. Tumors create their own blood vessels. Where there are

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