title: Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Ultrasound of Artificial Skin.
abstract: Wound healing may be a difficult problem, and variable types of artificial skin prototypes have been developed for supporting this process. Using ultrasound, we studied 4 cellulose-derived artificial skin prototypes and assessed their two-dimensional and three-dimensional morphology. These prototypes were identified on ultrasound both on in vitro and in vivo studies. They allowed the sonographic observation of deeper layers on different types of surfaces of the body with good definition on the in vivo examinations performed on healthy skin and cutaneous ulcers. The ultrasound detection of these artificial biomaterials may potentially support the noninvasive monitoring of wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Dermatology, Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues, Clinica Servet, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Ximena
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wortsman
authors.affiliation: Biomaterial Research Laboratory Skinmedica, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Navarrete
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: artificial skin; artificial skin ultrasound; cutaneous ulcer ultrasound; dermatologic ultrasound; skin ulcer ultrasound; skin ultrasound; ulcer ultrasound; ultrasound dermatology; wound healing; wound ultrasound