Development of a Thermal and Hyperspectral Imaging System for Wound Characterization and Metabolic Correlation

Monitoring and treatment of wounds remains a very personal activity. A patient is often seen by multiple individuals who subjectively document the wound healing process. The metabolic needs of wound healing are also not well understood. A collaboration between APL and The Johns Hopkins University Sc...

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Published in:Johns Hopkins APL technical digest 2005-01, Vol.26 (1), p.67-74
Main Authors: Chen, Michelle H, Kerechanin II, Charles W, Greenspan, Daniel G, Criss, Thomas B, Franckowiak, Shawn C, Vincent, Jennifer A, Pattay, Robert S
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Language:English
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Summary:Monitoring and treatment of wounds remains a very personal activity. A patient is often seen by multiple individuals who subjectively document the wound healing process. The metabolic needs of wound healing are also not well understood. A collaboration between APL and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine was therefore formed to study the metabolic needs of wound healing. A mid-wave IR thermal and seven-band visible/near-IR hyperspectral imaging system has been developed to provide a novel approach to documenting and characterizing the progress of wound healing and local wound metabolic activity. This article summarizes the development of the imaging system and gives a detailed system description.
ISSN:0270-5214