Diagnosis of Cutaneous Thermal Burn Injuries by Multispectral Imaging Analysis

This document is the final report on the burns diagnosis studies conducted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The studies utilized image processing technology developed for use in planetary, lunar, and earth surface analysis. The work was conducted with the cooperation of the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center and was performed at that facility. Special photographic or television image analysis is shown to be a potentially useful technique to assist the physician in the early diagnosis of thermal burn injury. This report presents a background on the medical and physiological problems of burns and discusses the pro­ posed methodology for burns diagnosis from both the theoretical and clinical points of view. The television/computer system constructed to accomplish this analysis is described, and the clinical results are discussed. .*PRCEDING. PA6E ILANK NOT FIMED