System and method for tracking healing progress of tissue
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1. A system for analyzing tissue healing, said system comprising:
- an image capture device;
a reference color marker of a predetermined color;
a processing unit in communication with said image capture device, and configured to;
receive image data from said image capture device, the image data including image of a tissue site and said reference color marker;
determine an image color adjustment by adjusting the image of the reference color marker to the predetermined color;
apply the image color adjustment to the image of the tissue site to normalize the image of the tissue site to generate a normalized image;
compare colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a first range of colors defining a first tissue type for identifying a particular first type of tissue at the tissue site;
compare colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a second range of colors defining a second tissue type for identifying a second type of tissue at the tissue site, the first and second tissue types being tissue in different stages of healing;
identify the first and second tissue types; and
present the normalized image to a clinician.
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Abstract
A system and method for analyzing tissue healing may include an image capture device and a reference color marker of a predetermined color. A processing unit may be in communication with the image capture device, and be configured to receive image data from the image capture device. The image data may include image of a tissue site and the reference color marker. At least one image parameter may be adjusted based on at least a portion of the image of the reference color marker to normalize the image data. The normalized image data may be presented to a clinician.
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1. A system for analyzing tissue healing, said system comprising:
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an image capture device; a reference color marker of a predetermined color; a processing unit in communication with said image capture device, and configured to; receive image data from said image capture device, the image data including image of a tissue site and said reference color marker; determine an image color adjustment by adjusting the image of the reference color marker to the predetermined color; apply the image color adjustment to the image of the tissue site to normalize the image of the tissue site to generate a normalized image; compare colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a first range of colors defining a first tissue type for identifying a particular first type of tissue at the tissue site; compare colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a second range of colors defining a second tissue type for identifying a second type of tissue at the tissue site, the first and second tissue types being tissue in different stages of healing; identify the first and second tissue types; and present the normalized image to a clinician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for analyzing tissue healing, said method comprising:
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capturing an image including a tissue site and a reference color marker of a predetermined color; determining an image color adjustment by adjusting the image of the reference color marker to the predetermined color; applying the image color adjustment to the image of the tissue site to normalize the image of the tissue site to generate a normalized image; automatically comparing colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a first range of colors defining a first tissue type for identifying a first type of tissue at the tissue site; automatically comparing colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a second range of colors defining a second tissue type for identifying a second type of tissue at the tissue site, the first and second tissue types being in different stages of healing; identifying the first and second tissue types; and presenting the normalized image to a clinician. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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