How It Works?
MII, Medical Infrared Imaging, Thermography, is a medical procedure that can detect heat patterns and inflammation in the body that may relate to the earliest stages of disease, including cancer.
The imaging process by which Thermography works is called MII, Medical Infrared Imaging. With MII, the Spectron IR camera, with its exceptional resolution and superior sensitivity, processes the heat patterns coming from the body, and converts it to colored images. In this manner you are able to obtain a visual “map” of the body’s temperature.
The variance in color indicates an increase or decrease in the body’s temperature in the different parts or regions, which could be an early warning sign that there is a problem forming.
Because tumors can emit more heat than their surrounding tissue and can increase in temperature as time passes, MII or Thermography is useful for detecting and tracking suspicious activity in the breasts and monitoring changes over time.
MII or Thermography utilizes the high resolution Spectron IR Medical Imaging Camera.
Being a safe risk assessment tool, Thermography can be used to monitor breast health with the goal of identifying problems at the earliest stages, before more advanced pathology is able to develop, by looking at heat patterns and differentials in order to indicate risks for developing breast cancer or other pathology in the body.
Along with showing indications of breast disease and cancer, it is able to see cell proliferation, angiogenesis and changes in abnormal breast physiology.
The thermographic images are sent to a Board Certified Thermologist/Radiologist for interpretation and the results are classified according to one of three categories of risk: Within normal limits, questionable risk, and abnormal.
The patient’s health history, previous scans and other data, and current concerns and symptoms are taken into account and discussed in the report findings when interpreting the images.
Depending on the category assigned and other findings reported, establishing a stable baseline, three-month, six-month or annual comparative follow-ups will be recommended.
Thermography is not intended to replace any test a practitioner has ordered or advised; rather, it is a tool to help identify changes in the body prior to the development of advanced disease.