In vivo assessment of human burn scars through automated quantification of vascularity using optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Liew, Yih Miin ^a   McLaughlin, Robert A ^a   Gong, Peijun ^a   Wood, Fiona M ^a,b   Sampson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

in vivo imaging; optical coherence tomography; scar assessment; skin; speckle decorrelation; vascularity; vasculature

Indexed keywords

IN-VIVO IMAGING; SCAR ASSESSMENT; SPECKLE DECORRELATION; VASCULARITY; VASCULATURE;

BLOOD VESSELS; SKIN; SPECKLE;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROVESSELS; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84875814802     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.6.061213     Document Type: Article

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