The TDI Mission
Thermographic Diagnostic Imaging exists to do one thing exceptionally well: capture and interpret the body’s thermal patterns so that patients and their healthcare providers have more physiological information to work with. We believe an informed patient is a healthier patient – and that careful imaging, honest reporting, and real education, never overstatement, are what make that possible.
A Practice Built by a Physician
TDI was founded in 1982 by Philip Getson, D.O., a New Jersey osteopathic physician who spent more than four decades integrating thermal imaging into clinical practice. Dr. Getson has been certified by four thermographic boards, served as Vice President of the American Academy of Thermology, chaired its breast protocol committee, and reviewed more than 50,000 thermographic studies. When thermography’s place in medicine was questioned in New Jersey, he defended it through a ten-year legal battle that ended at the New Jersey State Supreme Court – which ruled unanimously that thermography was a reasonable and necessary medical expense under the state’s motor vehicle law.
That physician’s discipline is built into how we image. Breast studies include multiple views in color and black-and-white, with a cold challenge when the protocol calls for it. Breast thermography is adjunctive and does not replace mammography or other breast screening or diagnostic imaging recommended by a healthcare provider. Regions of interest are marked on every study so the same points can be measured side to side and year over year – the detail that turns a single thermal image into a comparable medical record. All imaging happens in controlled environments with strict attention to temperature and ambient conditions.
Since July 2024, reporting has been led by Alexander Mostovoy, DHMS, BCCT, one of North America’s most experienced clinical thermologists, continuing the standards Dr. Getson set.
Where Thermography Fits
We are direct with every patient about what a thermogram is and is not. It is a physiological study – a record of surface temperature and vascular patterns – used as an adjunct to clinical evaluation, laboratory work, and structural imaging. Breast thermography complements mammography; it never takes its place. When a report identifies something worth attention, the next step is a conversation with your healthcare provider, and we make that easy: reports are written to be shared, and a phone consultation is available to review your study.