Investigation of skin burns basing on active thermography

Use of dynamic thermography for assessment of burns is discussed. Animal in-vivo experiments are presented. Sets of burns were inflicted on the backs of eight domestic pigs. Thermographic measurements of burns with different depths of affected tissue (from first to third-degree burns) were correlated with histopathologic analysis of lesions. The results show that dynamic thermography might be applied as a simple, noninvasive and nonstressful tool for patient diagnosis. Further analysis of dynamic pictures gives the first estimate of the depth of a lesion.