Noninvasive assessment of breast pathologies during pregnancy

The paper is presenting a study regarding the evolution of the mammary gland during the woman pregnancy using the only non-invasive investigation methods: infrared thermography and microwave radiometry. The cell thermogenesis is explored using a thermography method under the conditions of thickness or health, and permits to reveal some affections or the early detection of the risk to pathology status. During pregnancy any exposure to ionizing radiation is forbidden. If a mammary pathology is developed during the pregnancy period, only the thermography and radiometry techniques can be used in order to monitor the mammary glands. Using these methods possible physiological or pathological modifications can be detected. On this study, we found that if the pregnancy is closer to the final delivery date, the breasts temperatures gets higher and the galactofore channels are more pronounced in the IR imaging.