Scaled healing assessment index: A novel method for measuring the degree of wound bed preparation

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-235

  Shai, Avi ^a,d   Avrin, Vadim ^b   Zvulunov, Alex ^c   Dinstein, Its'hak ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Color measurement; Digital camera; Image analysis; Visual grading; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; PEARSON' CORRELATION; VISUAL GRADING;

COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION METHODS; DERMATOLOGY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

SKIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN COLOR; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

COLOR; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34447265252     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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