Thermography Scanning
What to Expect:
ONLY AVAILABLE on the 4th MONDAY of each month. If you book on another day, your appointment will be not be accepted.
Thermography Scanning Available:
- JULY 28, 2025
- AUGUST 25, 2025
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
- OCTOBER 27, 2025
- NOVEMBER 24, 2025
- DECEMBER 22, 2025
Please arrive 10 minutes early to complete required paperwork. Please book as early in the day as possible.
Specific area of interest is scanned. A medical history is taken and then you are asked to partially disrobe for the scanning to be performed. The entire body is scanned throughout this service This service lasts approximately 45-60 minutes.
There are a few guidelines to prepare for your thermography scan:
Do not have physical therapy, a massage or electromyography on the day of your scan.
Do not smoke for 2 hours before your scan.
Do not use lotion, deodorants, or liniments on the day of your scan.
Stay out of strong sunlight on the day of scan.
There are no dietary or medication restrictions on the day of your scan.
All packages are non-refundable. No shows will be charged for the session. Please cancel or reschedule within 24 hours of your appointment.
During Your Appointment:
You will remove all jewelry and clothes from the part of the body being scanned and will be asked to wear a medical gown (for full body scans, underwear is left on). Once you are ready, the Certified Clinical Thermographer comes back in the room and takes your necessary images by utilizing a computer and positioning the mobile camera, which never comes in contact with your body, while directing the standard positions you will be in while sitting and standing. An example of a standard position is sitting on a chair with your arms by your side. We see many patients who have regular trouble sitting and/or standing. We do our best to accommodate.
After Your Appointment:
All thermography interpretations will be reported by adequately trained and experienced doctors (MDs) who hold board certification as Thermologists. After your thermography scan, your thermograms and intake information is electronically sent to a Thermologist for interpretation and reporting. They have 2 business days to electronically return the report to our office. Our office will then email you and your doctor, if you provided their email on your intake form, your report and thermograms in PDF format within 1 business day.
Results obtained with medical DITI systems are objective and show excellent correlation with other diagnostic tests.
All of your thermograms are kept on record for 7 years and once your stable thermal pattern has been established any changes can be detected during your routine annual studies.
When should I come back?
A subsequent session assures that the patterns remain unchanged. If you are a female and this was your first scan then you should come back in three months for just a breast scan to establish an accurate and stable baseline. Everyone else should come back annually, unless specified by a Thermologist.
Why do I need to come back in 3 months exactly?
The most accurate result we can produce is change over time. Before we can start to evaluate any changes, we need to establish an accurate and stable baseline for you. This baseline represents your unique thermal blueprint, which will only be altered by developing pathology. A baseline cannot be established with only one study, as we would have no way of knowing if this is your normal pattern or if it is actually changing at the time of the first scan. By comparing two studies three months apart we are able to judge if your breast physiology is stable and suitable to be used as your normal baseline and safe for continued annual screening.
The reason a three-month interval is used relates to the period of time it takes for blood vessels to show change. A period of time less than three months may miss significant change. A period of time much more than three months can miss significant change that may have already taken place.
There is no substitute for establishing an accurate baseline.
Your initial scan is only being compared to what a normal body’s thermal symmetries should be. Your annual scan is being compared to what a normal body’s thermal symmetries should be, your past scans, and your accurately establish baseline created by your 3 month follow up.
In simpler terms, this is to make sure there are no rapid changes even if there wasn’t anything of concern in your initial scan. If there are no rapid changes then your stable baseline has been established and we will see you in a year (from your initial scan)!
-Meditherm
