How much does thermography cost?

The average cost is around $150 to $200. Medicare does not cover the cost of thermography. Some private health insurance plans might cover part or all of the cost.

Does thermography really work?

There is no valid scientific data to demonstrate that thermography devices, when used on their own or with another diagnostic test, are an effective screening tool for any medical condition including the early detection of breast cancer or other diseases and health conditions.

Which is better thermography or mammogram?

At present, the detection rate for thermography is only 42% to 80% of cancers, as against 82% to 93% with mammography. Its false positive rate is 25%, more than double that of mammography. No evidence exists that it can reliably detect breast cancer as sensitively as mammography.

Is thermography safer than mammogram?

Providers of thermography screening say that it is reliable and harmless, but research suggests that is it less likely to be less accurate than mammography. Data from a 4-year phase of one study indicated that thermography accurately detected only 43% of breast cancers.

What can full body thermography detect?

A full body scan, or any thermogram, is able to detect inflammation before it is symptomatic in the body, so with regular thermograms/full body scans, you may be able to cut off a musculoskeletal disorder before it begins to affect your life adversely.

Is breast thermography FDA approved?

Thermography has been cleared by the FDA only as an adjunctive tool, meaning it should only be use alongside a primary diagnostic test like mammography, not as a standalone screening or diagnostic tool.

What can thermography diagnose?

Thermography can be used to diagnose breast cancer, thyroid disease, inflammation, heart disease, and many other diseases.

Is thermography the same as ultrasound?

While Thermography is monitoring the ‘functional’ activity of the body, ultrasound is examining the ‘structures’ of the body. There is no radiation or pain involved with this non-invasive scan.

Does thermography detect breast calcifications?

Only mammograms can find microcalcifications, the tissue that is on its way to becoming cancer but hasn’t become cancer yet. Microcalcifications do not show up on ultrasound, MRI, or thermography.

Does thermography detect inflammation?

Thermography is a test that uses an infrared camera to detect heat patterns. Modern thermography detects heat and blood flow in body tissues and may tip you off to areas of inflammation. The more inflammation you have in an area the more “heat” it produces.

How accurate is thermal imaging?

When used correctly, thermal imaging systems generally have been shown to accurately measure someone’s surface skin temperature without being physically close to the person being evaluated. Thermal imaging systems have not been shown to be accurate when used to take the temperature of multiple people at the same time.

Can thermography detect infection?

Thermal Imaging to Diagnose and Monitor Suspected Bacterial Infections.