Study On Far-Infrared Thermal Imaging Method For Early Tumor Diagnostics And Cancer

In recent years, infrared thermal imaging method in the early diagnosis of cancer has made significant progress, and received intense attention because of its nondestructive and economical character. As is well-known, patient can survive from the cancar owing to early detection and treatment. An early diagnosis of tumors is of great importance. Therefore, such cheap and non-destructive method for early diagnosis is widely spreaded and extensively adopted by many hospitals.However, the biggest obstacle to impede the development of the infrared thermal imaging lies in its low precision and accuracy. Meanwhile, because of the uniqueness and complexity of the breast and its unknown heat transfer mechanism, it will be restricted when applying the infrared thermal imaging to the early diagnosis of breast cancer. This paper is dedicated to investigate the growth mechanisms and infrared characteristics of the breast cancer based on the far-infrared thermal imaging equipment and animal experiments. Furthermore, via theoretical investigation, the relationship between tumor growth and infrared thermal map has been identified. Finally, based on all above works and the tumor culture in-vitro, a new type of method for cancer treatment has also been put forward. Results obtained are as follows:1. The factors to affect far-infrared thermal imaging measurement precision and accuracy were studied. The concept of standardization of the far-infrared thermal imaging system has been brought forward.2. High efficient far-infrared thermal imaging method has also been demonstrated.3. The plateform for culturing tumor cells both in-vitro and in-vivo has been established.4. The infrared characteristics in the development of mice breast cancer have been identified.5. A new therapeutical way for cancer treatment relies on the anesthetic injection has also been put forward and evaluated by infrared system.