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72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths

INTRODUCTION: Burn depth determination is a critical aspect of burn patient care but currently lacks accuracy in clinical practice. We have shown first in animal models and then in a two-patient characterization that Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) imaging, which penetrates tissue better than visual or n...

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Autores principales: Nunez, Johanna, Levi, Benjamin, Hong, Jonathan, Carlson, Deborah, Huebinger, Ryan, Chan, Rodney, Wan, Bingchun, Mironov, Sergey, Mandell, Samuel, Goverman, Jeremy, Akarichi, Chiaka, Berenfeld, Omer, Arnoldo, Brett, Clark, Audra
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10185206/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irad045.046
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author Nunez, Johanna
Levi, Benjamin
Hong, Jonathan
Carlson, Deborah
Huebinger, Ryan
Chan, Rodney
Wan, Bingchun
Mironov, Sergey
Mandell, Samuel
Goverman, Jeremy
Akarichi, Chiaka
Berenfeld, Omer
Arnoldo, Brett
Clark, Audra
author_facet Nunez, Johanna
Levi, Benjamin
Hong, Jonathan
Carlson, Deborah
Huebinger, Ryan
Chan, Rodney
Wan, Bingchun
Mironov, Sergey
Mandell, Samuel
Goverman, Jeremy
Akarichi, Chiaka
Berenfeld, Omer
Arnoldo, Brett
Clark, Audra
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description INTRODUCTION: Burn depth determination is a critical aspect of burn patient care but currently lacks accuracy in clinical practice. We have shown first in animal models and then in a two-patient characterization that Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) imaging, which penetrates tissue better than visual or near-infrared light and is very sensitive to water content, can distinguish between superficial and deep tissue necrosis. Here we present the findings from our pilot study of 10 patients showing the use of multi-spectral SWIR imaging of human burn injury as a potential technique for burn depth determination. METHODS: Ten patients admitted for mixed depth thermal injuries between 5-40% TBSA were analyzed using our SWIR assessment tool. Prior to burn excision the SWIR system was used to image burn areas and normal skin at 4 different SWIR wavelengths (Figure 1A). Standard photographs from imaged areas were collected and presented for 5 independent, blinded, surgeons’ assessments. Using the visual and SWIR images, 5-15 regions of interest (ROI) were selected from each of the burned areas and normalized to adjacent normal skin and the reflected light intensity in each ROI was averaged at each wavelength. Statistics were done using Mann-Whitney U tests. RESULTS: Visual and SWIR images were collected from burn areas in 10 patients for a total of 273 burn ROIs. The ROIs were assessed by the surgeons with ROIs being agreed upon as being superficial or superficial partial thickness (SPT) (n=47), deep partial thickness (DPT) (n=97), or full thickness (FT) (n=129) burns by a majority (60% or above) consensus. As seen in Figure 1B, the reflectance intensities (RIs) from superficial and SPT burns were significantly different than the DPT burns at the 1940 nm wavelength (p=0.05) and significantly different than FT burns at 1200 nm (p=0.008) and 1940 nm (p=0.009). When DPT and FT burns were compared there was a significant difference a 1200 nm (p=0.003) and 2250 nm (p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Here we present a 10 patient SWIR pilot study demonstrating distinct ROIs of SWIR wavelengths for different burn depths based on consensus surgeon assessments. Overall, as burn depth increases, the 1200 and 2250 nm wavelengths show increasing RIs and 1940 nm show decreasing RIs. These results motivate further studies of SWIR imaging including pending histological analysis in the hope to non-invasively and accurately identify operative versus non-operative burns. APPLICABILITY OF RESEARCH TO PRACTICE: This new SWIR technology may enable us to more objectively assess burn depth, leading to improved surgical decision making and better patient outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-101852062023-05-16 72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths Nunez, Johanna Levi, Benjamin Hong, Jonathan Carlson, Deborah Huebinger, Ryan Chan, Rodney Wan, Bingchun Mironov, Sergey Mandell, Samuel Goverman, Jeremy Akarichi, Chiaka Berenfeld, Omer Arnoldo, Brett Clark, Audra J Burn Care Res C-254 Correlative X: Translational Sciences: Wounds and Scars INTRODUCTION: Burn depth determination is a critical aspect of burn patient care but currently lacks accuracy in clinical practice. We have shown first in animal models and then in a two-patient characterization that Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) imaging, which penetrates tissue better than visual or near-infrared light and is very sensitive to water content, can distinguish between superficial and deep tissue necrosis. Here we present the findings from our pilot study of 10 patients showing the use of multi-spectral SWIR imaging of human burn injury as a potential technique for burn depth determination. METHODS: Ten patients admitted for mixed depth thermal injuries between 5-40% TBSA were analyzed using our SWIR assessment tool. Prior to burn excision the SWIR system was used to image burn areas and normal skin at 4 different SWIR wavelengths (Figure 1A). Standard photographs from imaged areas were collected and presented for 5 independent, blinded, surgeons’ assessments. Using the visual and SWIR images, 5-15 regions of interest (ROI) were selected from each of the burned areas and normalized to adjacent normal skin and the reflected light intensity in each ROI was averaged at each wavelength. Statistics were done using Mann-Whitney U tests. RESULTS: Visual and SWIR images were collected from burn areas in 10 patients for a total of 273 burn ROIs. The ROIs were assessed by the surgeons with ROIs being agreed upon as being superficial or superficial partial thickness (SPT) (n=47), deep partial thickness (DPT) (n=97), or full thickness (FT) (n=129) burns by a majority (60% or above) consensus. As seen in Figure 1B, the reflectance intensities (RIs) from superficial and SPT burns were significantly different than the DPT burns at the 1940 nm wavelength (p=0.05) and significantly different than FT burns at 1200 nm (p=0.008) and 1940 nm (p=0.009). When DPT and FT burns were compared there was a significant difference a 1200 nm (p=0.003) and 2250 nm (p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Here we present a 10 patient SWIR pilot study demonstrating distinct ROIs of SWIR wavelengths for different burn depths based on consensus surgeon assessments. Overall, as burn depth increases, the 1200 and 2250 nm wavelengths show increasing RIs and 1940 nm show decreasing RIs. These results motivate further studies of SWIR imaging including pending histological analysis in the hope to non-invasively and accurately identify operative versus non-operative burns. APPLICABILITY OF RESEARCH TO PRACTICE: This new SWIR technology may enable us to more objectively assess burn depth, leading to improved surgical decision making and better patient outcomes. Oxford University Press 2023-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10185206/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irad045.046 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle C-254 Correlative X: Translational Sciences: Wounds and Scars
Nunez, Johanna
Levi, Benjamin
Hong, Jonathan
Carlson, Deborah
Huebinger, Ryan
Chan, Rodney
Wan, Bingchun
Mironov, Sergey
Mandell, Samuel
Goverman, Jeremy
Akarichi, Chiaka
Berenfeld, Omer
Arnoldo, Brett
Clark, Audra
72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths
title 72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths
title_full 72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths
title_fullStr 72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths
title_full_unstemmed 72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths
title_short 72 Multi-Spectral SWIR Imaging in Humans Reveals Correlations with Distinct Skin Burn Depths
title_sort 72 multi-spectral swir imaging in humans reveals correlations with distinct skin burn depths
topic C-254 Correlative X: Translational Sciences: Wounds and Scars
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10185206/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irad045.046
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