Investigation of Skin Burns Basing on Active Thermography

Abstract

Use of the dynamic thermography for assessment of burns is discussed. Animal in-vivo experiments are presented - sets of burns were inflicted on the backs of eight domestic pigs. Thermographic measurements of burns with different depth of affected tissue (from the first to the third-degree burns) are correlated with histopathologic analysis of lesions. The results show that dynamic thermography might be advice as a simple, non-invasive and non-stressed for patients diagnostic tool. Further analysis of dynamic pictures gives the first estimate of the depth of a lesion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 25, 2001
Accession Number
ADA412047

Entities

People

  • A. Nowakowski
  • A. Renkielska
  • J. Grudzinski
  • M. Kaczmarek
  • W. Stojek

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aluminum
  • Burns
  • Climate Change
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Electronic Mail
  • Equations
  • Health Services
  • Heat Energy
  • Image Processing
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Phase
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Properties
  • Thermodynamics

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  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.