Open AccessA portable three-dimensional photoacoustic tomography system for imaging of chronic foot ulcers
Author(s) -
Yuehang Wang,
Yang 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.