Breast thermography is a 20 minute, non-invasive test of physiology. It is a valuable procedure for alerting your doctor to changes that can indicate early stage breast diseases.

The benefit of breast thermography is it offers the opportunity of earlier detection of breast disease than has been possible through breast self examination, doctor examination or mammography alone. HealthSCAN provides digital infrared images of the breast, axillary and thyroid regions.

Thermography can detect the subtle physiologic changes up to 6-8 years before conventional methods.  Thermography can detect abnormalities that accompany breast pathology whether it is an infection, fibrocystic disease, inflammatory disease, vascular disease or cancerous activity. Your health care provider can then plan accordingly and lay out a careful program to further diagnose and/or monitor you during and after treatment.

Breast thermography is an excellent screening for: