Assessments of the burn depth is very important for shorter healing time, fewer infection, better functional and aesthetic result and reduce hospital stay. We investigated a red-green-blue camera-based diffuse reflectance imaging for monitoring of oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO), deoxygenated hemoglobin (HbR), methemoglobin (metHb), tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) and methemoglobin saturation (StMet) in superficial dermal burn (SDB), deep dermal burn (DDB) and non-burned skin in rats. The canonical discriminant analysis with the concentrations and saturations of hemoglobin derivatives showed good separation between SDB, DDB, and non-burned skin.
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