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About Thermography
Thermography is a medical science that uses infrared images of the body to diagnose problems often referred to as ‘digital infrared thermal imaging’, or DITI. Medical DITI is a noninvasive diagnostic technique that allows the examiner to visualize and quantify changes in skin surface temperature. An infrared scanning device is used to convert infrared radiation emitted from the skin surface into electrical impulses that are visualized in color on a monitor.
Thermography, or Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI), is not only for breast scans, but also aids in the detection and monitoring of many types of diseases and physical injury. One of thermography's most common applications is breast screening. By establishing a baseline early of your normal thermal patterns any changes, no matter how subtle can be readily and easily detected years before self-breast examination, physician breast examination and mammography alone. This early detection allows you and your physician to determine the best treatment plan for you. Thermography is not a replacement for structural testing (Mammogram, Ultrasound, MRI) and must be used together with these methods as part of your breast health.
Thermography can be particularly helpful in women (often younger) who have dense breasts. This dense normal tissue decreases the sensitivity of mammography but has no impact on thermographic imaging. In fact, a recent study found that the sensitivity of mammography alone for women with dense breasts is as low as 31%. Detection rates are as high as 98% in women who take advantage of both thermography and mammography or ultra sound.
There are a host of indications for medical DITI other than monitoring breast health. DITI can assist in the diagnosis and evaluation of a large number of injuries and conditions. Many people undergo periodic whole-body screening because of thermography’s ability to detect conditions and diseases before they become apparent on standard diagnostic tests. Any individual with unexplained pain can also benefit from a DITI scan. Thermal changes are often the earliest sign of vascular disease, immune dysfunction, diabetes, thyroid dysfunction. It is also the earliest indication of systemic inflammation, a precursor to many diseases. Thermography can be used to diagnosis or monitor treatment in the following conditions:
-Unexplained pain
-Headache
-Diabetic neuropathy
-Dental and periodontal disease
-Vascular disease (including occlusive disease, deep venous thrombosis)
-Back injuries
These are only a few of the many applications of Thermography,
