Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging
Mobile unit with offices in:
Royal Oak, Troy, Canton, Ann Arbor, Grosse Pointe
All images read by specially trained Thermologist M.D.'s
No Raidation and No Compression
Thermography-----
The Missing Link in Early Detection
What is Thermography?
Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging is a unique technology that takes pictures and creates a map of the infrared patterns of the body. It is different than other screening tools because it helps us to see function (physiology). MRI and X-ray detect anatomical changes so will miss such things as active inflammation or angiogenesis (increased blood supply as found in cancer). Angiogenesis is the very first stage of cancer, happening years before a tumor can be seen. There are now new treatments to interrupt angiogenesis and starve cancer cells, as long as you discover it first. That is why thermography is so important.
FDA Certified
Thermography was certified by the FDA in 1982.
How To Use the Results
Medical thermal imaging can help you and your health provider better understand your condition, formulate a program to help you with it, and then monitor the progress of the program and your improving health. If you detect abnormalities in the early stage, it can make a difference.
Is it Safe?
Thermography is a completely safe technology, as it does not use radiation or compression.
Thermography will not be replacing mammography, but will be a vital adjunctive screening tool for breast health. It gives an additional "piece to the puzzle" of breast health.
Research
- •As a routine screening tool, it has been shown to be 97% effective at detecting benign vs malignant breast abnormalities.
•Another study tracked 1,537 women with abnormal thermograms for 12 years. They had normal mammograms and physical exams. Within 5 years, 40% of the women developed malignancies. The researchers commented that an abnormal thermogram is the single most important marker of high risk for the future development of breast cancer."
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General Inflammation Condition
Although inflammation is a functional activity that brings blood to an injured area for healing, it is often subtle in its activity, as we are not always aware of an "injury" as it can be microscopic.
Inflammation is now accepted by main-stream medicine as the earliest stage of nearly all life-threatening diseases. This application for thermography has only just scratched the surface.
Images:
Thermography is a screening tool that shows inflammation and blood flow changes. This is the first stage of pathology.
Breast Scan
Thyroid Scan
Head/Neck Scan
Knee /Leg Pain
Hands
Feet
Lower Back
Upper Back