Over the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with and perfecting the scans of my models. Finally, I have decided that manual alignment and sharp fusion produce the best resulting image.
Today, I met with Dr. Kate Davenport, a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's Hospital. She took a look at the scans to see how valuable they could be for physicians.
One thing we both observed is that laser scanning gives a pretty accurate view of the depth and volume of a wound. This sets a good focus for the rest of my project.
From here on out, I will spend time trying to find ways to quantify the wound volume. The hope is to use it for monitoring wounds. A comparison of wound size over time can indicate whether healing is occurring.
Laser scanning offers an noninvasive way to look at wound dimensions. Rather than taking a ruler and judging a rough estimate, the laser scanner creates an image that physicians can interact with, without harming the patient.
Hey Asfia, I was curious, how soon do you think this model of analyzing wounds will take over any other methods? Or is it already widely popular?
ReplyDeleteFor now, people trust a doctor's opinion more than that of a machine. Hopefully, more physicians will begin to use this technology because it has been proved to be more accurate in many studies.
DeleteThis is so cool!! I didn't know that wounds could be laser scanned! So for these scans, would it be more of a purpose to help an individual patient, or moreover so to improve the doctor's techniques in understanding and addressing various types of wounds in the long run?
ReplyDeleteAt this point in time, the purpose is to help individual patients. However, once physicians become more practiced with this type of technology, it would definitely lead to better technique. They would be able to identify changes magnified by the scanner better once they knew what they would have to look for.
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