Breast Cancer Detection Using Thermography

---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Breast cancer is one of the crucially prevailing cancers among women. Early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer can also be done with the help of mammography which is the most common method, cost effective and provides good chances of recovery. However due to some weakness in mammography; another method called as Infrared Breast thermography is used. Infrared breast thermography is an imaging technique which detects based on thermal changes in the body. This information acts as an indicator that a tumor may be present in the body. Survival rate is improved due to early detection with the help of thermography. Due to increased blood vessel circulation and metabolic activity, the radiations emitted from the human body are higher around the regions where a tumor is present. The thermal information which is shown in a colored image where specific range of temperature is represented by a color assigned to it representing the variations observed throughout the part. The heat patterns as a visual aspect can be used to primarily categorize the clinical interpretation of breast thermogram. This study essays to present color analysis as per the classification on the basis of segmentation. The distinguishable features which are used to detect abnormalities are based upon the variations shown as per the image shape of the hottest regions and it is confirmed by comparing with doctors diagnosis. Hence suitability of infrared thermography as a diagnostic tool in breast cancer detection is established through this study.