title: [Radiothermometry in the differential diagnosis of peripheral cancer of the lung].
abstract: Methods of radiothermometry for differential diagnosis of peripheral lung formations using a radiometer operating within 10 cm-wave band were worked out. Altogether 59 patients (of them 45 men) were investigated. Temperature was measured on the chest surface in the area of a lung pathological formation projected on it. Placing its image on the heart and major vessel shadows was avoided. Mean temperature was calculated from 6-8 measurements. Temperature above a peripheral lung tumor was shown to be by 0.5 degrees C higher than that of unchanged pulmonary tissue. Benign spheroidal formations (tuberculoma, hamartoma) were characterized by a decrease of 0.6-0.9 degrees C as compared to unchanged pulmonary tissue. Comparison of operation of 2 radiometers (the second one operating in the 8 mm-wave band) has shown diagnostic advantages of the first one.
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Ginzburg
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Iashunskaia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001831:Body Temperature; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Radiotermometriia v differentsial'noĭ diagnostike perifericheskogo raka legkogo.