A portable three-dimensional photoacoustic tomography system for imaging of chronic foot ulcers | Zendy

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A portable three-dimensional photoacoustic tomography system for imaging of chronic foot ulcers

Author(s) -

Yuehang Wang,

Ye Zhan,

Linda M. Harris,

Sikandar Z. Khan,

Jun Xia

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2223-4292

pISSN - 2223-4306

DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.05.02

Subject(s) - medicine , imaging phantom , perfusion , biomedical engineering , photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine , radiology , nuclear medicine , optics , physics

Chronic leg ulcers affect approximately 6.5 million Americans and the disorder is associated with a range of serious complications. Since many chronic ulcers have underlying vascular insufficiency, accurate assessment of tissue perfusion is critical to treatment planning and post-surgical monitoring. However, existing clinical tests fail to meet this need in practice due to their low sensitivity or accuracy.

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