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Title: Burn wound healing evaluation by infrared imaging
Author: Chen, Shang-Yuan
View Online: njit-etd1991-038
(iii, 112 pages ~ 12.7 MB pdf)
Department: Biomedical Engineering Committee
Degree: Master of Science
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Document Type: Thesis
Advisory Committee: Engler, Peter (Committee chair)
Ritter, Arthur B. (Committee member)
Kristol, David S. (Committee member)
Date: 1991
Keywords: Infrared imaging.
Imaging systems in medicine.
Burns and scalds.
Availability: Unrestricted
Abstract:

Infrared imaging is a pictorial method of temperature representation. Its advantage in the treatment of burns is that it is a non-invasive, safe and reliable method for estimating the area, temperature and depth of burns. An Imaging Burn program was developed for comparing changes in burn area in response to treatment with time. The program proved itself capable of determining the surface area of simulated lesions on the skin of human volunteers to within an error of 1.6 percent. The size and temperature of burn lesions in patients was recorded. First degree burns were warmer than surrounding areas of normal skin, whereas second degree burns were colder, and third degree burns colder still. The technique and program as presented may prove a valuable supplement to clinical examination for burn diagnosis and monitoring.


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