Device for analyzing thermal data based on breast surface temperature for the detection for use in determining cancerous conditions
First Claim
1. A device for providing improved classification of breast tissue wherein the tissue:
- is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue, which comprises;
means for sensing temperature of a subject breast tissue over a predetermined period and generating signals in response thereto;
means operatively associated with said means for sensing for receiving and manipulating said signals employing a computer based device operatively associated with means for applying a normalization to each said signal, said normalization including a function of X/Y where X is one temperature reading of one of said signals for a particular subject and Y is the maximum temperature obtained from a predetermined number sets of temperature readings obtained a plurality of subject breast tissue from said subject, said normalization to provide a set of normalized signals and said computer based device operatively associated with a trained artificial classifier and wherein said set normalized signals are input through said trained artificial classifier to produce a signal indicative of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue of the subject.
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Abstract
A device for providing improved classification of breast tissue wherein the tissue is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue includes sensors for sensing temperature of a subject breast tissue over a predetermined period and generating signals in response thereto and a computer operatively connected to the sensors for receiving and manipulating the signals operatively associated with a normalizer for applying a normalization to each the signal by a function of X/Y where X is one temperature reading of one of the signals for a particular subject and Y is the maximum temperature obtained from a predetermined number sets of temperature readings obtained a plurality of subject breast tissue from the subject to provide a set of normalized signals used by a trained artificial classifier to produce a signal indicative of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue of the subject.
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8 Claims
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1. A device for providing improved classification of breast tissue wherein the tissue:
- is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue, which comprises;
means for sensing temperature of a subject breast tissue over a predetermined period and generating signals in response thereto; means operatively associated with said means for sensing for receiving and manipulating said signals employing a computer based device operatively associated with means for applying a normalization to each said signal, said normalization including a function of X/Y where X is one temperature reading of one of said signals for a particular subject and Y is the maximum temperature obtained from a predetermined number sets of temperature readings obtained a plurality of subject breast tissue from said subject, said normalization to provide a set of normalized signals and said computer based device operatively associated with a trained artificial classifier and wherein said set normalized signals are input through said trained artificial classifier to produce a signal indicative of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue, which comprises;
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5. A method for providing improved classification of breast tissue wherein the tissue is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue, which comprises:
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(a) sensing temperature of a subject breast tissue over a predetermined period and generating signals in response thereto; (b) employing a computer based device having means for receiving and manipulating said signals, applying a normalization to each said signal, said normalization including a function of X/Y where X is one temperature reading of a given set of readings for a particular subject and Y is the maximum temperature obtained from a predetermined number sets of temperature readings obtained a plurality of subject breast tissue from said subject, said normalization to provide a set of normalized signals and said computer based device operatively associated with a trained artificial classifier and wherein said set normalized signals are input through said trained artificial classifier to produce a signal indicative of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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