Wound measurement by curvature maps: A feasibility study

Xiang Liu; Wangdo Kim; Reiner Schmidt; Burkhard Drerup; Jinsup Song

doi:10.1088/0967-3334/27/11/005

Wound measurement by curvature maps: A feasibility study

Xiang Liu, Wangdo Kim, Reiner Schmidt, Burkhard Drerup, Jinsup Song

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Abstract

A non-contact wound measurement method by laser scanner and curvature maps is presented. A patient's foot ulcer is scanned by FastSCAN ten times over a three-week period. With the surface's 3D coordinates, curvature maps of the ulcerous area are calculated. Utilizing a specified rim curvature value, the wound edge is detected and processed via cubic spline smoothing, which is qualitatively verified by a photograph. Subsequently, the depth, area and volume of the wound can be calculated. The results indicate that laser scanning followed by curvature analysis might be a potential clinical tool for non-contact measurement of wounds.

Original language	English
Article number	005
Journal	Physiological Measurement
Volume	27
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/27/11/005
State	Published - 1 Nov 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Curvature analysis
Laser scanner
Wound measurement

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