METHOD FOR INFRARED SCREENING OF BREAST GROWTHS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B8/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly to oncology, and can be used for diagnosing breast growths. What is presented is breast growths screening by infrared thermography. A patient is placed sidewise to an examinant and the breast from the other side is selected for the examination. A temperature before, during and after breast air-blowing at a temperature below a breast surface temperature, is measured. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus is a thermovision camera displaying the breast on a monitor in colours ranging from red to violet depending on a local temperature varying within +26-+37°C respectively. An air-blowing device is a household blow dryer generating a uniform cool air flow. The breast is blown at 5-15 cm at an air flow rate to decrease a breast skin temperature by several degrees for 10 to 60 seconds. If observing a breast segment with hypo- or hyperthermia, a thermographic breast image is formed. A shape, size and localisation of this segment is specified with stating the presence of the new growths. If the breast surface temperature appears to be uniform, the uniform breast structure is stated, and the above technique is also used to examine the second breast.

EFFECT: method provides the effective and safe detection of the new growths and can be used for early diagnostics, and hence mass prevention of breast cancer.

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