title: A comparison between laser-doppler imaging and colorimetry in the assessment of scarring: "a pilot study".
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This cross-sectional pilot-study investigated the reproducibility of the LDI (Moor-LDI-B2; Moor Instruments) and the chromameter (Minolta chromameter CR-300) when used in scar assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-seven scars in 14 subjects were included between January and June 2003. One observer performed two times both measurements with 10 min apart. The intra-observer agreement is quantified by means of the intra-class correlations (ICC) and the standard errors of measurement (SEM) for both the LDI and the chromameter.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ignoring one outlier, the ICC of the LDI = 0.856 and the SEM = 34.56. The chromameter shows a better reproducibility with an ICC of 0.93 and a SEM of 0.79.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This pilot-study with a limited number of measurements shows a moderate reproducibility of the LDI compared to the chromameter measurements, in the assessment of respectively flux and redness in scars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. peeters.wouter@telenet.be
authors.forename: Wouter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: Mieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anthonissen
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deliaert
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van der Hulst
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van den Kerckhove
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult