Technology in Practical Dermatology. Non-Invasive Imaging, Lasers and Ulcer Management

Section I - Imaging techniques for the evaluation of skin diseases1. Dermoscopy: fundamentals and technology advances2. Dermoscopy for benign melanocytic skin tumors3. Dermoscopy for Melanoma4. Dermoscopy for non-melanocytic benign skin tumors5. Dermoscopy for non-melanocytic malignant skin tumors6. Dermoscopy for inflammatory diseases7. Dermoscopy for infectious diseases8. Digital dermoscopy analysis9. Optical super-high magnification dermoscopy10. Fluorescence videodermoscopy11. Total body photography and sequential digital dermoscopy for melanoma diagnosis12. History and Fundamentals of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy13. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for benign melanocytic skin tumors14. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for melanoma15. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for non melanocytic benign skin tumors16. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for non melanocytic malignant skin tumours17. In vivo Reflectance Confocale Microscopy for Inflammatory Diseases18. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for infectious diseases19. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for mucous membranes20. Ex vivo confocal microscopy21. Ultrasound22. Optical coherence tomography23. High-Definition optical coherence tomography24. 3D imaging25. Raman spectroscopy26. Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging for skin acquisition and analysis27. Electrical impedance in dermatology
Section II - Lasers and light sources technologies in dermatology28. Laser Light and Light-tissue Interaction29. Laser and light sources: safety and organization issues30. Intense polichromatic lights and light emitting diodes: what's new31. Vascular lasers: tips and protocols32. Broadband intense pulsed lights for vascular malformations33. Pigment specific lasers for benign skin lesions and tattoos: long pulsed, nanosecond and picosecond lasers34. Skin resurfacing: ablative and non-ablative lasers35. Photorejuvenation: concepts, practice, perspectives36. Laser hair removal: updates37. Biophotonic therapy induced photobiomodulation38. Photodynamic Therapy
Section III - Technological advances in wound management39. Temporary dressing40. Extracellular matrices41. Skin bank bioproducts: the basics42. Clinical applications of skin bank bioproducts43. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy44. Tissue Engineered skin substitutes45. Biologics in Wound Management46. Stem Cell in Wound Healing
Section IV - New complementary tools for dermatologic diagnosis47. Microbiopsy in dermatology48. Noninvasive genetic testing: adhesive patch-based skin biopsy and buccal swab49. Liquid biospsies

This book provides a complete overview on the latest available technologies in dermatology, while discussing future trends of this ever-growing field. This handy guide provides clinicians and researchers with a clear understanding of the advantages and challenges of laser and imaging technologies in skin medicine today. It also includes a section on imaging techniques for the evaluation of skin tumors, with chapters devoted to dermoscopy, in vivo and ex vivo reflectance confocal microscopy, high frequency ultrasound, optical coherence tomography, and a closing part on latest approaches to wound management.

Completed by over 200 clinical images, Current Technology in Practical Dermatology: Non-Invasive Imaging, Lasers and Ulcer Management is both a valuable tool for the inpatient dermatologist and for physicians, residents, and medical students in the field. 

Author Information

Michele Fimiani, MD, PhD, past Head of the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Siena, Italy, is an expert on non invasive skin imaging and dermatologic surgery. He has been lecturing and moderating at over 450 international meetings and published over 260 articles in peer reviewed journals.

Pietro Rubegni, MD, PhD, is Full Professor at the University of Siena and Head of the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Siena, Italy. Past President of the Italian association for non-invasive diagnosis in dermatology (AIDNID). He is Member of the Board of the Italian society of dermatology and venereology (SIDeMaST) and expert on non invasive skin imaging and in particular dermoscopy and computer-assisted diagnosis for skin cancers. He has been moderating and presenting at over 400 international meetings and published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and 30 book chapters.

Elisa Cinotti, MD, PdD, is Associate Professor at the University Hospital of Siena, Italy. After finishing her residencies at the University of Genoa and the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France, her work now focuses on cutaneous non-invasive imaging and in particular on Reflectance Confocal Microscopy. She has published over 170 peer-reviewed articles, most of them about dermatologic imaging.