Advances in Noncontact Measurement of Wound Area Using an Application for Smart Mobile Devices.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 DERMATOLOGY

Advances in Skin & Wound Care Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1097/ASW.0000000000000296

Adolfo Maria Tambella, Margherita Galosi, Alessio Angorini, Fabrizio Dini, Angela Palumbo Piccionello, Caterina Di Bella, Federica Serino, Sara Sassaroli, Alessandro Troisi

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Abstract

Objective: Contactless wound size measurement is an important element for monitoring the wound healing process and the effects of treatment both in people and animals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the metrologic performances of a contactless digital planimetry app (imitoMeasure, Imito AG) for cutaneous wound area measurement.

Methods: Precision, accuracy, agreement, and reliability of six different combinations of smart devices (smartphone or tablet), calibration modes (manual mode or marker mode), and tracing modes (manual finger tracing or digital pencil tracing) were tested and compared with the standard method on already known canine wound area shapes traced on transparent sheets.

Results: Using the app, all methods showed an acceptable metrologic performance. Methods using a tablet were more precise, accurate, and reliable compared with a smartphone. Calibration marker mode was faster than manual calibration. Methods using pencil tracing were more accurate than manual finger tracing, showed a higher agreement with the standard method, and needed fewer retouching-ups to obtain fine-tuning of the shape.

Conclusions: This study contributed to the advancement of noncontact wound area measurement using smart digital mobile devices, identifying the most suitable method to use the imitoMeasure app in clinical and research settings. The imitoMeasure app showed excellent metrologic characteristics in contactless wound area measurement. The evidence indicates that the use of the tablet with digital pencil tracing is a noteworthy improvement in the wound measurement process.

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基于智能移动设备的伤口面积非接触测量研究进展。

目的：非接触式创面尺寸测量是监测人和动物创面愈合过程和治疗效果的重要因素。本研究的目的是评估非接触式数字平面测量应用程序（imitmeasure, Imito AG）用于皮肤伤口面积测量的计量性能。方法：对六种不同组合的智能设备（智能手机或平板电脑）、校准模式（手动模式或标记模式）和描摹模式（手动手指描摹或数字铅笔描摹）进行精密度、准确度、一致性和可靠性测试，并与标准方法在透明片上描摹已知犬创面形状进行比较。结果：在应用程序中，所有方法的计量性能均可接受。与智能手机相比，使用平板电脑的方法更精确、准确、可靠。校准标记模式比手动校准更快。铅笔描法比手工描法更准确，与标准方法的一致性更高，并且需要更少的修饰来获得形状的微调。结论：本研究促进了使用智能数字移动设备进行非接触式伤口面积测量的发展，确定了在临床和研究环境中使用imitmeasure应用程序的最合适方法。imitmeasure应用程序在非接触式伤口面积测量中显示出出色的计量特性。证据表明，使用带有数字铅笔跟踪的平板电脑在伤口测量过程中是一个显着的改进。

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来源期刊

Advances in Skin & Wound Care DERMATOLOGY-NURSING

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

12.50%

发文量

271

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： A peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal, Advances in Skin & Wound Care is highly regarded for its unique balance of cutting-edge original research and practical clinical management articles on wounds and other problems of skin integrity. Each issue features CME/CE for physicians and nurses, the first journal in the field to regularly offer continuing education for both disciplines.