Dr. Bretz hopes women will take charge and go to their political leaders in hopes of progressing this technology.

“I want them to call Mary Bono's office and ask Mary to sit down with us and see if we can get a congressional hearing and invite the genetics people, people from Cornell that are researching infrared along with me,” he said.

Since breast implants can reduce the mammogram's ability to detect breast cancer, some doctors say infrared mammography enables doctors to see more of the tissue.

We couldn't find a center here in Arizona using infrared, but many hope this technology soon becomes available.

Dr. Bretz adds his breast cancer research is promising with testing on 500 patients so far. But with additional waiting to get his results published in a peer reviewed journal, it could be years before the infrared detector replaces mammography.