Wound Measurement on Smart Phones

Abstract

A smart phone is used to accomplish measurement of a wound surface area, when at least one flat marker device, which is a predefined reference, is placed near the wound and photographed by a smart phone.

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         36 . A wound measurement method, comprising:
 positioning a set of at least two marker devices near a wound on a patient but not touching the wound;   taking an image including the wound and the thus positioned set of marker devices;   wherein the image is taken via a camera or imaging device; and   processing the image to arrive at a computed surface area of the wound, wherein the image-processing step is performed by a smart phone or other automated device or processor.   
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the image-processing includes recognizing the marker devices in the image and further includes recognizing the wound in the image, wherein the recognizing is performed by the smart phone or other automated device or processor.