When a woman visits a facility with MammoTherm^tm technology to have a breast screen done, she would be placed in front of an imaging camera and then an infrared heat scan of the breasts would be taken. There is no physical contact with the breast, no x-rays, and no pain would be experienced. The test is completely non-invasive.

The doctor, nurse, or technician operating the camera would generate a series of pictures. If there is adverse physiology present, (such as increased vascularization involved with tumor development) it will be highlighted in the pictures by temperature differentials from one breast to the other.

Where a mammogram looks at physical anatomy and tries to actually "see" a tumor, a mammotherm looks at function and looks for the physiological changes that accompany adverse breast health.

When a mammogram identifies a tumor, it likely has been forming for a long time.

When a mammotherm detects a breast temperature differential, it can often be at the very beginning stages of what could become a potential problem. This means a woman can become proactive in addressing the situation in a natural, non-destructive manner.

Using this technology, many scientific papers have been presented to the health community advocating infrared thermal imaging as an important adjunct to the traditional means of breast cancer detection used today.

Due to its incredible sensitivity, infrared thermal imaging in this fashion has shown an ability to detect adverse breast conditions 3 to 5 years or more before detection can be discerned using conventional x-ray mammograms or through self-examination.

Breast tumors double in size quite rapidly once they begin, and they do so quicker in younger ages. Below age 50, a tumor doubles in size in an average of 80 days, and over age 50 tumors double in size an average of every 157 days or more. Also, because of the denser breast tissue in younger women, it is often more difficult to pick up adverse activity with a mammogram or through self-examination.

And here's something positive: With the completely non-invasive nature of a MammoTherm, multiple scans per year can be taken without any worry whatsoever of adverse side effects. A woman can monitor herself on a consistent basis and truly be proactive about her health.

The term MammoTherm itself refers to the specific technology and process that is used to get a clinically excellent thermal heat scan in which to view underlying functional physiology.

A scan is performed in a temperature controlled environment using strict protocols with an infrared heat detecting camera designed for medical screening applications. A scan of an area of the body takes about 4 seconds. During this time, a highly accurate, super cooled infrared detector operating in the 8 to 12um waveband, is placed about three feet from the individual and samples over 60,000 temperature points within the area being scanned. This point composite is assembled in a computer and the output is an image appearing as a color or grayscale photograph which can then be easily read for temperature differentials.

A series of scans are typically performed.

First the operator gets a baseline reading, second they would get a functional reading, and third they would challenge your sympathetic nervous system by cooling an area of your body (basically by having you put your hands in ice water) and then scanning the breasts for adverse heat pattern changes which might take place at the micro vascular level as a result of the sympathetic stimulation.

As it's been said, where there's heat, there could be fire. When abnormal heat is detected (and this could be on a very small scale, undetectable by any other means), the implication is that a problem might exist. Whether it is cancer, fibrocystic disease, an infection or a vascular disease, with this advance warning indicator, appropriate measures could be assessed, and then those things can be pursued which could best address the situation.

The MammoTherm is truly remarkable technology which women should actively embrace for their optimal well being.