NIH R01 · 2024
I. PROJECT SUMMARY: Smartphone-based wound infection risk screener and care recommender by combining thermal images and photographs using deep learning methods Chronic wounds, which affect 6.5 million patients in the US12 severely affect their quality of life, can take up to a year to heal and re-occur in 60-70% of patients. Wounds often get infected (bacteria in wound), resulting in limb amputations if not treated properly and on time1. In current practice, at the Point of Care (POC) (e.g., nurses visiting patients’ homes and trauma sites), caregivers who are not wound experts have no way to diagnose infections. Thus, they cautiously refer wounds suspected to be infected to clinics for…
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