Diabetic Foot Complications Application

Medical Hyperspectral Imaging may detect differences between diabetic foot ulcers that heal and those that do not. The changes in oxygenated hemoglobin and deoxyginated hemoglobin indicate variations in oxygen delivery and oxygen extraction. The Medical Hyperspectral Imaging allows to see those variations in real time by processing the hyperspectral data and visualizing them in an easily understood form.

Here are a couple of papers I've authored together with the group while completing research on quntifying the degree of diabetes complications in attempt to predict ulcer healing:

1. Early changes in the skin microcirculation and muscle metabolism of the diabetic foot, Greenman R.I., Panasyuk S.V., et al. , Lancet, 366, 1711-1718, 2005.
2. The use of medical hyperspectral technology to evaluate microcirculatory changes in diabetic foot ulcers and to predict clinical outcomes., Lalita Khaodhiar, et al., Diabetes Care, 30, 903-910, 2007.

Below is an illustration of the circulatory system compromise caused by Claudication detected by the medical hyperspectral system:

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