Clinical value of thermal tomography in diagnosis of breast diseases

VernacularTitle:热层析成像对乳腺疾病诊断价值的探讨
Author: Hong JIA ; Dengfa GAO ; Haiyan TONG ; Junlai LI
Keywords: thermal tomography; color Doppler ultrasonography; thermography; thermal tomography curve; breast cancer; pathological examination
From: Chinese Medical Equipment Journal 2017;38(4):81-83,87
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical value of thermal tomography (TT) in the diagnosis of breast diseases.Methods Totally 222 breast diseases patients underwent examinations by color Doppler ultrasound and TT.Some stable TT images were selected,and the TT curves of the lesions were analyzed according to the malignant tumor TT curve diagnosing standard,so that the benign and malignant tumors could be determined.Color Doppler ultrasound was used to describe the site,size and property of the lesion.Results Pathological examination found 95 cases of malignant tumors and 127 benign ones.TT had 198 results coincident with those by pathological examination while the remained 24 ones not,with 15 false positive results and 9 false negative ones.When compared with pathological examination,TT had the accuracy,sensitivity and specificity being 89.19％,90.43％ and 88.28％ respectively.Conclusion TT is non-invasive,accurate and sensitive when used to screen and diagnose breast diseases,and should be applied if possible in medical facilities.