Speaker
Prof.
Ricardo Vardasca
(INEGI)
Description
The usage of infrared thermal imaging (IRT) for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis has been its first medical application, but its feasibility is still a debatable question. It is aim of this research study conducted in a cancer hospital to relate the thermal findings with the information retrieved from other medical imaging modalities. In a study involving 29 already diagnosed with other imaging modalities BC patients, it was found that there is no relationship between the thermal variables and location (ρ=0.2), size and cancer stage (p>0.05). Conclusion supports that static IRT is not adequate for BC identification. However, further research is required to prove the adequacy of dynamic IRT and usage of intelligent analysis methods.
Authors
Mr
Antonio Pratas
(ISLA Santarem)
Prof.
Fernando Bento
(ISTAR-ISCTE)
Ms
Joana Moreira
(FEUP)
Dr
Joaquim Abreu Sousa
(IPO Porto)
Mr
Marco Tereso
(ISLA Santarem)
Prof.
Ricardo Vardasca
(INEGI)
