Telemedicine for Wound Care

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Telemedicine for Wound Care

• Group 9
• Ashkan Arianpour
• Brandon Tikalsky
• Crosby Yung
• Sponsors Calit2/SIO
• Mentor Bill Hodgkiss

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Agenda

• Motivation
• Approach
• Statement of Work
• System Design
• MatLab Measurements
• Results
• Errors in Measurements
• Camera/Monitor Color Calibration
• Database
• Summary

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Motivation

• Seeing patients sometimes isnt cost-effective
• Virtual physician visits can be more convenient
• Useful for short check-ups

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Statement of Work

• Design, test, and implement a telemedical imaging
  system prototype that could be used in a clinical
  setting

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System Requirements

• Hardware
• High Resolution Camera
• Keychain Laser Pointers
• Tripod with Mounting Hardware
• Multiple PCs with USB and Internet Connection
• Large, high resolution LCD monitor
• Software
• MatLab 7.0 with Image Processing Toolbox
• Microsoft Access 2007

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System Design
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System Assembly
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MatLab Area/Length Measurements
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Errors in Measurements

• Laser spot size less than 4 mm2 each
• Maximum theoretical distance error 3.3

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Errors in Measurements cont.
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Camera/Monitor Color Calibration
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Database
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Database
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The Next Step

• SQL network
• Digital image processing for auto wound
  measurements
• Different types of imaging devices
• Infrared
• Ultrasonic
• Stereoscopic

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Summary

• All primary goals achieved
• Implemented a projected ruler
• Unable to test with infrared camera
• System will be used in the coming months

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Questions?