Factors influencing infrared photography and thermography of the female breast are described with reference to the use of these techniques in the detection of carcinoma. A comparison has been made of the infrared photographs and thermograms of 120 healthy women with asymptomatic breasts and 170 women with various breast diseases subsequently confirmed by histology. Infrared photography is found to be less successful than thermography for detecting carcinoma, although for benign disease it is marginally better. In a group of 60 cases of carcinoma both methods give fewer false negative results for the left breast than the right. It is apparent that this difference is associated with increased vascularity in the left breast.
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