Why doesn the AMA promote the use of thermography?
There are thousands of radiologists and only a few experts in the field of thermography. A lot of money had been invested in the use of mammography. This could explain why information has been withheld regarding mammography’s poor rate of accuracy and the harmful effects of radiation exposure. In addition, the Health Insurance Board has accepted thermography with its own CPT billing code 93762, yet many Health Insurance Companies reluctantly reimburse for this choice in screening. These tactics have, until recently, kept many of us from looking at thermography as a safe and effective alternative. What is the procedure like? The patient must first cool off from the waist up in a room approximately 68 degrees for up to 15 minutes so the warmer veins stand out from surrounding tissue. The Technician takes a series of 3 images, left, right, and frontal view, with an infrared camera (heat detecting). A second set of images is taken for comparison after the person holds her hands in ice wate
