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Title:: Progress on application of thermal tomography in the diagnosis and treatment of breast diseases

Author(s):: SHI Manman; LI Juanjuan; SUN Shengrong; Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China

Keywords:: ; Keywords: breast disease; thermal tomography; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; review

Abstract:: Abstract: The continuous metabolism of cells in the human body can produce thermal radiation, and the pathological changes of tissues can cause changes in local metabolism, which leads to the corresponding changes of local thermal radiation. Thermal tomography technology can be used to detect the change of heat distribution in human tissues and then find the internal relationships between heat radiation and disease via Pennes bio-heat transfer equation, so as to perform medical research and clinical diagnosis. Thermal tomography has been used in both traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine as a complementary imaging technique in clinic. In the case of breast diseases, thermal tomography can detect the disease at early stage and make a preliminary diagnosis. In addition, thermal tomography can monitor the tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Herein the application and development of thermal chromatography in breast disease are reviewed.