CTI Sponsors Clinical Study Using Thermal Imaging System.(Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc. to study breast cancer detection with its Breast Cancer System 2100 technology)

2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiologists at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden, Utah, are launching a study they anticipate will lead to more age-specific information about the detection of breast cancer using thermal imaging, according to Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. (CIO).

The study, sponsored by CTI and in collaboration with Wasatch Radiology Associates, will evaluate how age affects thermal responses in nondiseased breast tissue. Researchers will use CTI's Breast Cancer System 2100, a breast imaging system that uses thermal imaging to help doctors differentiate between benign and malignant breast lesions. Dr. Catherine Babcook, director of women's imaging at Wasatch Radiology and a radiologist in the Women's Imaging center at McKay-Dee Hospital, is the study's principal investigator.

The researchers will study 125 women who have no current or prior history of breast cancer. Study participants will be divided among five age categories: 21-30; 31-40; 41-50; 51-60; and older than 60 years. All will be imaged with the CTI breast imaging system to detect, measure and document thermal response in order to establish a thermal baseline of normal breast tissue. While it is known that malignant and benign tissue have different thermal responses, it is unknown whether the thermal responses of breast tissue vary with age.

"The results of this study will have an impact on the ongoing refinement of our technology," said Dr. Karleen ...