Imaging Multispectral Burn Depth Indicator

Abstract

This research program is directed at developing a real time video imaging system which can discriminate between areas of burn wounds expected to heal in three weeks or less from the day of injury, and those areas not expected to heal in that time period. The analysis can be performed on or about the third day post-burn on debrided burn wounds. The imaging system measures the reflectivity of the burn wound in the red, green, and near infrared wavelength bands, and uses an algorithm established in an earlier study to correlate this optical data with expected burn healing times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177796

Entities

People

  • Martin A. Afromowitz

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood Transfusions
  • Burns
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Depth Indicators
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Hard Copy
  • Health Services
  • Identification
  • Medical Personnel
  • Multispectral
  • Optical Properties
  • Reflectivity
  • Security
  • Universities

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.