Direct Measurement And On-Line Automatic Interpretation Of Breast Thermographs

John R. Milbrath; Ken J. Schlager

doi:10.1117/12.958936

18 August 1980 Direct Measurement And On-Line Automatic Interpretation Of Breast Thermographs

John R. Milbrath, Ken J. Schlager

Proceedings Volume 0233, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VIII; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958936
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VIII, 1980, Las Vegas, United States

Abstract

A new medical thermographic instrumentation system provides for direct measurement of human body surface temperatures and automatic on-line diagnostic interpretation by a microcomputer. This system directly measures 128 surface temperature areas with an infrared scanner array of 64 thermopile sensors. This thermal data is fed to a microcomputer which executes a diagnostic pattern recognition algorithm and prints out a report which summarizes the measurement data. Initial results indicate both a sensitivity and specificity of 80%. However, 80% of the women with cancer had Stage II or greater disease. An improved design of the initial prototype has been constructed.

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John R. Milbrath and Ken J. Schlager "Direct Measurement And On-Line Automatic Interpretation Of Breast Thermographs", Proc. SPIE 0233, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VIII, (18 August 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958936

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