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Method and apparatus for detection of cancerous and precancerous conditions in a breast

  • US 5,941,832 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1997
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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