Thermal Parametric Imaging in the Evaluation of Skin Burn Depth

The aim of this paper is to determine the extent to which infrared (IR) thermal imaging may be used for skin burn depth evaluation. The analysis can be made on the basis of the development of a thermal model of the burned skin. Different methods such as the traditional clinical visual approach and t...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering 2007-02, Vol.54 (2), p.303-312
Main Authors: Ruminski, Jacek, Kaczmarek, Mariusz, Renkielska, Alicja, Nowakowski, Antoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active-dynamic IR thermal imaging
Animals
Biomedical measurements
burn depth
Burns - diagnosis
Burns - physiopathology
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted - methods
Heat detection
Humans
Image analysis
In Vitro Techniques
Infrared detectors
Infrared imaging
Infrared Rays
Magnetic resonance imaging
Optical imaging
parametric imaging
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Skin
Skin - injuries
Skin - physiopathology
Skin Temperature
Surgery
Swine
Thermography - methods
Ultrasonic imaging
Wounds
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to determine the extent to which infrared (IR) thermal imaging may be used for skin burn depth evaluation. The analysis can be made on the basis of the development of a thermal model of the burned skin. Different methods such as the traditional clinical visual approach and the IR imaging modalities of static IR thermal imaging, active IR thermal imaging and active-dynamic IR thermal imaging (ADT) are analyzed from the point of view of skin burn depth diagnostics. In ADT, a new approach is proposed on the basis of parametric image synthesis. Calculation software is implemented for single-node and distributed systems. The properties of all the methods are verified in experiments using phantoms and subsequently in vivo with animals with a reference histopathological examination. The results indicate that it is possible to distinguish objectively and quantitatively burns which will heal spontaneously within three weeks of infliction and which should be treated conservatively from those which need surgery because they will not heal within this period
ISSN:0018-9294
1558-2531
DOI:10.1109/TBME.2006.886607