Synthetic pictures in thermographic diagnostics

Main advances in terms of the quality of thermal imaging are recently due to digitalization of the data and enhancing of specific features possible in this case. Here we summarize the state of the art of data treatment methods in thermography and development of so called synthetic pictures. The practical significance of using such presentations is shown in phantom experiments and for evaluation of skin injuries but other applications are also studied. This approach may be regarded as the first attempt to open new frontiers of thermal tomography in medical imaging. Knowledge of correlation between synthetic parameters and physiological data is here of the highest importance.