title: Advances in wound photography and assessment methods.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide the wound care practitioner with an overview of new methodologies for measuring and documenting chronic wounds.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in wound care and related disorders.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After reading this article and taking this test, the reader should be able to: 1. Recognize the importance of thorough wound assessment. 2. Describe the new aspects of chronic wound assessment. 3. Identify the technologies and methods to measure and document wounds.
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors: Chulhyun
authors: C
authors: Ahn
authors: Richard Sal
authors: RS
authors: Salcido
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010780:Photogrammetry; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D017592:Skin Care; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing