Monitoring the influence of compression therapy on pathophysiology and structure of a swine scar model using multispectral imaging system

Pejhman Ghassemi; Taryn E. Travis; Jeffrey W. Shuppa; Lauren T. Moffatt; Jessica C. Ramella-Romana

doi:10.1117/12.2037373

4 March 2014 Monitoring the influence of compression therapy on pathophysiology and structure of a swine scar model using multispectral imaging system

Pejhman Ghassemi, Taryn E. Travis, Jeffrey W. Shuppa, Lauren T. Moffatt, Jessica C. Ramella-Romana

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Proceedings Volume 8926, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics X; 892606 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037373
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Scar contractures can lead to significant reduction in function and inhibit patients from returning to work, participating in leisure activities and even render them unable to provide care for themselves. Compression therapy has long been a standard treatment for scar prevention but due to the lack of quantifiable metrics of scar formation scant evidence exists of its efficacy. We have recently introduced a multispectral imaging system to quantify pathophysiology (hemoglobin, blood oxygenation, melanin, etc) and structural features (roughness and collagen matrix) of scar. In this study, hypertrophic scars are monitored in-vivo in a porcine model using the imaging system to investigate influence of compression therapy on its quality.

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Pejhman Ghassemi, Taryn E. Travis, Jeffrey W. Shuppa, Lauren T. Moffatt, and Jessica C. Ramella-Romana "Monitoring the influence of compression therapy on pathophysiology and structure of a swine scar model using multispectral imaging system", Proc. SPIE 8926, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics X, 892606 (4 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037373

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