Patent ID: 8231542

Claim:
A system for analyzing a set of temperature readings of breast tissue of a subject to identify suspect tissue and non-suspect tissue, comprising: a set of temperature sensors for sensing the set of temperature readings over a predetermined period, each temperature sensor among the set of temperature sensors placed at a predetermined position on a breast of the subject; a storage system storing the set of temperature readings received from the set of temperature sensors; and an ensemble of classifier systems including two or more classifier systems, the ensemble of classifier systems trained using one or more actual temperature readings including an above average temperature reading corresponding to suspect tissue, an average temperature reading corresponding to non-suspect tissue, and an anomalous temperature reading corresponding to non-suspect tissue, the ensemble of classifier systems receiving the set of temperature readings as an input, generating two or more output labels identifying the breast tissue as suspect tissue or non-suspect tissue, and combining the two or more output labels into a single diagnosis identifying the breast tissue as suspect tissue or non-suspect tissue, wherein a weight of each label from the two or more output labels determines a relative contribution of the label towards the single diagnosis.