Title :
Assessment of diabetic foot ulcers with diffuse near infrared methodology
Author :
Papazoglou, Elisabeth S. ; Weingarten, Michael S. ; Zubkov, Leonid ; Neidrauer, Michael ; Pourrezaei, Kambiz
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Biomed. Eng. & Sci., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA
Abstract :
A pilot human study was conducted in order to demonstrate the efficacy of diffuse near infrared (NIR) methodology for in vivo assessment of diabetic foot ulcers. Nine patients were evaluated using diffuse NIR methodology to assess their wound healing process over time. Absorption and scattering coefficients of the wound site were determined over time and compared to those of a control site. The results validate the model wound healing developed during our animal studies of wound healing with NIR, and indicate that differences in optical properties can be seen between wounds with different healing behaviors.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; diseases; infrared spectra; absorption coefficient; diabetic foot ulcers; diffuse near infrared methodology; scattering coefficient; wound healing process; Biomedical measurements; Blood; Diabetes; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Foot; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Volume measurement; Wavelength measurement; Wounds;
Conference_Titel :
BioInformatics and BioEngineering, 2008. BIBE 2008. 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2844-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2845-8
DOI :
10.1109/BIBE.2008.4696754
