Application of BurnCalc 3D Body Scanning System in Measurement of
the Area of Chronic Skin Ulcers
LU Jin1, WANG Liang1,WAN Yan2, YAO Li2,TANG Hong-tai1, XIA Zhao-fan1
1 . Department of Burn Surgery,
Changhai Hospital, the Second Military
Medical University, Shanghai 200433,
China; 2. Department of Computer
Science and Technology, Donghua
University, Shanghai 201620, China
Abstract:Objective To study the effectiveness of application of BurnCalc 3D body scanning system in
measurement of the wound areas of chronic skin ulcers. Methods Altogether 30 cases of chronic skin
ulcer patients who were treated in Changhai Hospital from June 2014 to December 2014 was involved
in this study. Their wounds were measured by using the transparency tracing method (Method A), NIH
ImageJ method (Method B) and BurnCalc scanning method (Method C) respectively. The statistical
approach was applied to analyze the consistency among the results acquired by using three methods.
Results According to the randomized block analysis of variance, no statistically significant difference
was found among wound areas acquired by using three measurement methods (F=2.569, P=0.085).
The results of independent t-test analysis showed that the difference between wound areas acquired by
using Method B, Method A and Method C, Method A had no statistical significance respectively [(t=-
0.728, P=0.472), (t=2.010, P=0.054)]. Conclusion The BurnCalc 3D body scanning system proved
its effectiveness in accurate measurement of the wound areas of chronic skin ulcers, which could be
considered a new method for the clinical evaluation of wound areas of chronic skin ulcers.
鲁晋1,王亮1,万燕2,姚砺2,唐洪泰1,夏照帆1. 三维人体扫描系统在慢性皮肤溃疡面积测量中的应用[J]. 中国医疗设备, 2016, 31(9): 46-49.
LU Jin1, WANG Liang1,WAN Yan2, YAO Li2,TANG Hong-tai1, XIA Zhao-fan1. Application of BurnCalc 3D Body Scanning System in Measurement of
the Area of Chronic Skin Ulcers. China Medical Devices, 2016, 31(9): 46-49.