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Methods of analyzing the temperature dynamics of the human body from the data of IR thermography and their use in diagnosing breast cancer

Gerasimova, E.I., Plekhov, O.A., Naymark, O.B., Panteleev, I.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Герасимова Е.И., Плехов О.А., Наймарк О.Б., Пантелеев И.А. Методы анализа динамики температуры тела человека по данным инфракрасной термографии и их использование в диагностике рака молочной железы // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 6. С. 96–101.

Gerasimova E.I., Plekhov O.A., Naymark O.B., Panteleev I.A. Methods of analyzing the temperature dynamics of the human body from the data of IR thermography and their use in diagnosing breast cancer [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 6. P. 96–101.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

E. I. Gerasimova, O. A. Plekhov, O. B. Naĭmark, and I. A. Panteleev, "Methods of analyzing the temperature dynamics of the human body from the data of IR thermography and their use in diagnosing breast cancer," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(6), 400-404 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000400

Abstract:

This paper discusses the evolution of the temperature on the surface of the human body directly in a projection of a malignant tumor and at some distance from it. Models are proposed for the propagation of heat in the region of the mammary gland that make it possible to estimate the limits of sensitivity of the method of IR thermography and to predict the rate at which the tumor is developing. It is shown that the temperature signals have substantial fluctuations in the region of both healthy and pathological tissue. Mathematical models for processing the temperature signals are proposed in order to calculate the quantitative differences between the healthy and pathological regions. These techniques, in combination with standard thermal-vision symptoms, can be used as a supplementary risk factor when diagnosing a malignant tumor.

Keywords:

infrared thermography, tumours diagnostics

OCIS codes: 110.3080, 170.1610, 170.3880

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