THERMOBREAST

Why it matters

The main goal of the ThermoBreast project is to deliver an innovative, non-contact, and harmless screening modality: a medical class 1 device set to change the course of breast cancer detection and patient monitoring.

Although the performance of thermography has been evaluated for breast cancer detection since the 1980s, the unavailability and high cost of sensitive thermal cameras, the non-fixed thermal image acquisition protocol, and the sub-jectivity of manual thermal map interpretation by doctors have hampered its use for breast cancer screening.

ThermoBreast is a new screening technology that combines new, highly sensitive, and affordable infrared cameras that can detect temperature differences up to 0.02°C with recently developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) by ThermoMind LTD to efficiently analyse dynamic thermal patterns over time and detect vascular abnormalities caused by malignancy. This novel approach is a unique opportunity to unlock the potential of dynamic thermography combined with advanced AI analysis for breast cancer detection and diagnosis and develop next-generation breast cancer screening technology for early, risk-free, and accurate detection and prevention of cancer in millions of women in Europe and beyond.

What CPE does

CPE ensures the involvement of patients at different stages (prevention/monitoring) and needs:

– Elucidation of patient needs

– Analysis of ethical, and social aspects applicable to ThermoBreast

– Communication

– Dissemination

In detail CPE:

– Collects stakeholder requirements, recommendations, and policy expectations in workshops and surveys

– Gathers end-user perspectives, i.e., from patients with surveys and focus groups.

– Prepares a White Paper, which will include recommendations on future guidelines and international regulations based on results from the

clinical validation.

– Organises the final event at the European Parliament

– Explores the required explainability of the ThermoBreast screening process and modality to enable a trustworthy solution. Create (user

journey) scenarios with personas (one for each relevant stakeholder group represented by CPE)

– Raises awareness of and gains interest in the project using CPEs and other partici-pants’ established networks and social media channels

– Prepares regular newsletters and press releases.

– Distributes printed materials to the project stakeholders