Detection of cancerous lesions by their effect on the periodic modulation of perfusion in the surrounding tissues
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1. A method for detecting cancerous tissue in humans comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a detecting means for detecting changes in a characteristic modulation of blood perfusion in a human organ;
b) detecting, with said detecting means, said changes in the characteristic modulation of blood perfusion in a human organ; and
c) identifying as cancerous a region of said human organ wherein said changes in the characteristic modulation of blood perfusion are detected.
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The present invention comprises methods and apparatus for cancer detection involving the measurement of temporal periodic changes in blood perfusion associated with immune response, occurring in neoplastic lesions and their surrounding tissues. Particularly, the method for cancer detection involves the detection of non-neuronal thermoregulation of blood perfusion, aberrant modulation of blood perfusion, aberrant temperature oscillations associated with blood perfusion, aberrant thermoregulatory frequencies associated with blood perfusion, and periodic changes in the spatial homogeneity of skin temperature.
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1. A method for detecting cancerous tissue in humans comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a detecting means for detecting changes in a characteristic modulation of blood perfusion in a human organ; b) detecting, with said detecting means, said changes in the characteristic modulation of blood perfusion in a human organ; and c) identifying as cancerous a region of said human organ wherein said changes in the characteristic modulation of blood perfusion are detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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