What is Digital Infrared Thermography Imaging, and how can it benefit me?
Simply put, Digital Infrared Thermography is a 15 minute painless and non invasive test of physiology. It is a valuable method available for visualizing pain and physiology. A special camera is used to provide instant thermal images or “thermograms” of the whole body or just areas being investigated. The digitized images are stored on a computer and sent electronically to a Medical Thermologist for interpretation and analysis. This valuable procedure offers earlier detection of Breast Disease as an adjunct to self examination, doctor examination, and mammography alone. Digital Infrared Thermography detects the subtle physiologic changes that accompany breast pathology, whether it is cancer, fibrocystic disease, an infection or a vascular disease. With this, your doctor can plan accordingly and lay out a careful program to further diagnose or monitor you during and after treatment. As an example . . . If you had a penny inserted into your breast, your body would react by sending white b
