Advanced wound care: Using 3-D imaging in wound assessment

  Imagine snapping a picture of your wound and sending it to your doctors to track and measure your healing progress. They can record the image and measurements, add them to your digital health record and reference them at a later date. It’s wound care documentation that feels futuristic but is becoming a standard reality in health care. Using electronic devices and images can save physicians about five to 10 minutes during the documentation process for each wound, according to Global BioTech Insights. Advancements in 3-D imaging add supplemental features to wound assessment and documentation that turn traditionally static images into three-dimensional models that make it easier for doctors to measure wound depth and volume, which are both important metrics in wound healing. Recent research and developments make these modern wound images possible. “Advancements in 3-D imaging can significantly accelerate the wound assessment and documentation processes.” Adding 3-D imaging to wound-tracking technology Baltimore startup Tissue Analytics develops mobile tools to help health care professionals track and measure wounds. The company recently added 3-D imaging to its repertoire, creating a technology that automatically creates 3-D models of wounds on smartphones. After generating the image from a five-second video, the technology can actually measure wound depth and volume – all with just a smartphone camera and Tissue Analytics’ web application...
Source: Advanced Tissue - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Wound Care Wound care products wound debridement Source Type: news