title: Review of near-infrared methods for wound assessment.
abstract: Wound management is a challenging and costly problem that is growing in importance as people are living longer. Instrumental methods are increasingly being relied upon to provide objective measures of wound assessment to help guide management. Technologies that employ near-infrared (NIR) light form a prominent contingent among the existing and emerging technologies. We review some of these technologies. Some are already established, such as indocyanine green fluorescence angiography, while we also speculate on others that have the potential to be clinically relevant to wound monitoring and assessment. These various NIR-based technologies address clinical wound management needs along the entire healing trajectory of a wound.
authors.affiliation: National Research Council Canada, Medical Devices Portfolio, 435 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Y6, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.affiliation: National Yang-Ming University, Institute of Biophotonics, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Chuan
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: National Research Council Canada, Medical Devices Portfolio, 435 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Y6, Canada.
authors.forename: Alex C-T
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Vascular/Endovascular, P.O. Box 245072, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5072, United States.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes