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Monroy B, Sanchez K, Arguello P, Estupiñán J, Bacca J, Correa CV, Valencia L, Castillo JC, Mieles O, Arguello H, Castillo S, Rojas-Morales F. Automated chronic wounds medical assessment and tracking framework based on deep learning. Comput Biol Med 2023; 165:107335. [PMID: 37633087 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
Abstract
Chronic wounds are a latent health problem worldwide, due to high incidence of diseases such as diabetes and Hansen. Typically, wound evolution is tracked by medical staff through visual inspection, which becomes problematic for patients in rural areas with poor transportation and medical infrastructure. Alternatively, the design of software platforms for medical imaging applications has been increasingly prioritized. This work presents a framework for chronic wound tracking based on deep learning, which works on RGB images captured with smartphones, avoiding bulky and complicated acquisition setups. The framework integrates mainstream algorithms for medical image processing, including wound detection, segmentation, as well as quantitative analysis of area and perimeter. Additionally, a new chronic wounds dataset from leprosy patients is provided to the scientific community. Conducted experiments demonstrate the validity and accuracy of the proposed framework, with up to 84.5% in precision.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brayan Monroy
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Paula Arguello
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Juan Estupiñán
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Jorge Bacca
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Claudia V Correa
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Laura Valencia
- Department of Medicine, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Juan C Castillo
- Department of Medicine, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Olinto Mieles
- Sanatorio de Contratación ESE, Leprosy Control Program, Contratación, 683071, Colombia
| | - Henry Arguello
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Sergio Castillo
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
| | - Fernando Rojas-Morales
- Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 680002, Colombia
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