An Innovative App for the Management of Chronic Wound Treatment

Currently, clinical assessments on wound tissues are all done through visual inspection only, and wound size measurements (width, length and depth) are commonly done through either a disposable ruler, transparent tape based edge tracing, liquid filling, or even a dipstick swab. Since it is very subjective to select reference points to measure the wound's dimension, the measured results are often non-repeatable and crude with up to 44% error in area measurement reported. We present a new measurement solution or app on mobile platforms to directly tackle the challenges facing current chronic wound care. The app uses computer vision algorithms for quantitative measurement in 3D digital space. Since our app utilizes a client-server framework to allow mobile app based simple wound video uploading, easy patient data access and analysis, it is designed to significantly reduce the inconvenience and high cost barriers for chronic wound care.