[Physical, physiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of thermography in clinical dermatology].

Clinical application of thermovision in dermatology is a non-contact, sterile, and absolutely harmless method and offers a variety of diagnostic and therapeutical possibilities regarding the detection of irregularities in the temperature distribution of the skin. Thermovision provides us with information about the extent of dermatoses or tumors, metastases, as well as the response to therapy. Another important medical application of thermovision is dynamic testing in dermato-surgery. This technique is fundamental with regard to diagnosis, management planning, differential diagnosis, monitoring of therapeutical effects, and as a very sensitive detector of recurrence. We are going to demonstrate the applications mentioned above on the basis of a few examples.