Image Analysis of Breast Tumors Using Thermal Texture Mapping (TTM)

To explore the characteristics of thermo-source of breast tumors on Thermal Texture Maps. Compared with the histological results, thermo-source characteristics on TTM in 106 cases with breast mass, who would undergo breast surgery, were analyzed according to the parameters such as the depth, morphology, structure, and temperatures of abnormal heat foci in order to find the differences between benign diseases and malignant tumors. The coincidence rates of Thermal Texture Maps with pathological findings and the corresponding thermo-eradiate values in 49 cases with malignancy and 57 cases with benign diseases were 89.5% and 91.9%, 2.599 and 1.822 (P < 0.001), respectively. The statistics differences were significant between the two groups. Contrast sharply with benign diseases, there were irregular morphology, denser structures, higher thermo-eradiate values in malignant tumors. Thermal Texture Maps could be used as an important tool for the differentiation of breast diseases.