Thermography - Thermographic Analysis and Preparation

Computerized Regulation Thermography, using the CRT-2000, is the latest state of the art biological screening method to be FDA approved. Thermography has over 12,000 citations and studies held within current medical journals. The technology has recently been modified by using a direct temperature measurement probe instead of measuring thermal radiation. The result is a scanning method which is ten times more precise than any other themographic system.

Previous studies have established that the thermoregulation spectra of different areas of the body such as the forehead, back, abdomen, and breasts, with and without stress, can be expected to show abnormalities before the development of more severe symptoms. These aberrations of thermoregulation later become more pronounced with the progression of the disease. By sampling the data points on the body emanating from the internal organs which are related to the area in question, we are now able to confirm a diagnosis, as well as to establish causal relationships in the disease process using this completely non-invasive technology.

Thermography testing has been widely used by European doctors for over 20 years, but only recently has it been computerized, thereby making the complex data interpretation greatly simplified, and hence more accurate. Thermography maps the autonomic system as it projects to and from each organ or tissue. It can, for example, detect whether the body will act to promote a tumor even before a tumor can be seen on x-ray or CT scan. According to Doctor Schultz-Ruhtenberg of Minden, Germany, a pioneer in the development of thermography. We can finally see what the body is doing before it becomes dysfunctional enough to create an irreversible problem.

Mammogram vs. Thermography

Perhaps the single great asset of regulation thermography is in the area of early detection and confirmation of breast cancers. In a German study conducted by Professor Wagner, 63 known cases of breast cancer were reported. 54% of the cases were correctly diagnosed by simply taking a clinical history and performing a breast examination. 76% were correctly diagnosed when mammography was used in addition to the history and examination. However, when regulation thermography was used, the accuracy of diagnosis rose to 92% -- 20% more accurate than mammography.

These kinds of studies are especially good news to doctors and patients alike who have been skeptical of subjecting healthy breast tissue to the dangers of the accumulated radiation associated with the routine mammogram. Indeed, more than several published studies on the radiation effects of routine mammograms have lead to some considerable concern. One Swedish study, for example, showed that nearly 30% more cases of breast cancer occurred in those women who had been subjected to routine mammograms for ten years than in those never receiving mammograms (British Medical Journal, 1998; 297: 943-8).

One reason for this may be due to an increased sensitivity of some women to the effects of radiation. Although the breast tissue of the general population requires a fairly high accumulative dose of radiation to induce breast cancer, Dr. Michael Swift, chief of medical genetics at North Carolina University, estimates that approximately 1% of women carry a particular gene which causes them to have an unusual sensitivity to radiation at "appallingly low doses." He estimates that between 5,000 and 10,000 of the 180,000 breast cancer cases each year could be prevented if women were not exposed to the radiation from routine mammograms (Daily Telegraph; 28 December 1991).

Besides the radiation issue, another concern with mammograms has to do with the compression force used. Currently, mammograms use 200 newtons of compression, the equivalent of each one of your breasts being squashing by thirty bags of sugar (The Lancet, 1992; 340: 122). A number of researchers believe that this compression during mammography can rupture cysts and disseminate cancer cells into the blood stream (The Lancet, 1992; 340: 366). This particular phenomenon has already been observed in animal studies, where tumor compression can increase the spread of the cancer to other parts of the body by up to 80%. Contrast all these concerns with regulation thermography, which uses no radiation, no breast compression, and is performed in complete comfort.

The Thermographic Procedure

You will sit in a fairly cool, but not uncomfortable room for 15 minutes. The technician or doctor will then take the first measurements usingthe gentle touch of a temperature probe on particular points on theskin of the face and neck. Then, you will be asked to expose the upperbody, from the waste up, which will induce a physiological response by the whole body to the "stress" of the cool room air. The technician then quickly takes the remainder of the measurementson your chest, breasts, abdomen, and back. You are then asked to sit as you are, exposed to the room air for an additional 8 minutes, making the total exposure time about 10 minutes.

According to clinical research, it takes about 10 minutes for the body to stabilize and acclimate to the regulatory effects of the internal organs on the skin. The measurements are then repeated and the test is concluded. An instant computerized analysis of all the regulatory effects of the body is printed out, which details how your internal organs and their neurological control systems react. This information can be extremely helpful in determining the presence of inflammation or degeneration, as well as tumors.

Annual Thermography Checkups

Annual checkups are very important for the over-45 group. This is the time of life that diabetes, prostate and breast cancer, and heart disease first start to show up. We recommend that after the age of 45, everyone should have a history and physical examination, along with a gas exchange analysis, computerized regulation thermography, bio-terrain analysis, and routine lab testing. This is the best way to assure that your lifestyle is working to prevent illness, because these sensitive tests are not only able to pinpoint disease in its earliest stages, but can even detect the propensity for disease before one has actually occurred.

Thermography Test Preparation Instructions

The following will provide you with information on how to prepare for your thermography examination. Please follow the below instructions carefully:

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