Method and apparatus for detection of cancerous and precancerous conditions in a breast
First Claim
1. A device for detecting breast cancer in a mammalian breast, comprising:
- non-invasive means adherently connected to the breast for sensing temperature over a circadian period in the breast characteristic of breast cancer formation and generating temperature signals in response thereto; and
means for receiving and manipulating said signals to produce an output signal about said signals indicative of breast cancer formation in a region of said breast, wherein said receiving and manipulating means includes a neural network having predetermined solution space memory trained on prior breast temperature signals taken over a circadian period, wherein said temperature signals are projected through said neural network to produce a generalization about said temperature signals, and wherein said generalization is used to produce said output signal.
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Abstract
An apparatus for detection of precancerous and cancerous conditions in a breast is provided and includes a computer for digitizing at least one of a mammogram image data and a (scinti)mammogram image data of a breast, computer-based software operably associated with the computer based means for manipulating at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data and generating at least one of a mammogram ROI image and a (scinti)mammogram ROI image data indicative of precancerous and cancerous condition, and monitor operably associated with the computer based means for concurrently visually displaying at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data and said mammogram ROI image and said (scinti)mammogram ROI image data in a superimposed manner.
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8 Claims
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1. A device for detecting breast cancer in a mammalian breast, comprising:
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non-invasive means adherently connected to the breast for sensing temperature over a circadian period in the breast characteristic of breast cancer formation and generating temperature signals in response thereto; and means for receiving and manipulating said signals to produce an output signal about said signals indicative of breast cancer formation in a region of said breast, wherein said receiving and manipulating means includes a neural network having predetermined solution space memory trained on prior breast temperature signals taken over a circadian period, wherein said temperature signals are projected through said neural network to produce a generalization about said temperature signals, and wherein said generalization is used to produce said output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for determining cancerous and precancerous conditions in a mammalian breast comprising the steps of:
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(a) adhering means for sensing temperature adjacent to a breast area which has been predetermined highly susceptible to cancer development and generating temperature signals over a circadian period; and (b) manipulating said temperature signals through a neural network trained on prior breast temperature signals taken over a circadian period to produce an output signal indicative of cancerous and precancerous conditions in said area of the breast, wherein said neural network includes a predetermined solution space memory indicative of precancerous breast tissue and breast cancer.
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