Device for analyzing thermal data based on breast surface temperature for the detection for use in determining cancerous conditions
US8185485B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/743
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for providing improved classification of breast tissue wherein the tissue is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue includes sensors for sensing temperature of a subject breast tissue over a predetermined period and generating signals in response thereto and a computer operatively connected to the sensors for receiving and manipulating the signals operatively associated with a normalizer for applying a normalization to each the signal by a function of X/Y where X is one temperature reading of one of the signals for a particular subject and Y is the maximum temperature obtained from a predetermined number sets of temperature readings obtained a plurality of subject breast tissue from the subject to provide a set of normalized signals used by a trained artificial classifier to produce a signal indicative of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue of the subject.
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