Development of a digital imaging analysis system to evaluate the treatment response in superficial infantile hemangiomas.

ABSTRACT: Superficial infantile hemangiomas (IH) are benign vascular tumors common in children characterized by bright red "strawberry" lesions on the skin. In order to optimize the treatment for this disease, there is a need to develop objective tools to assess treatment response. Since a color change in the lesion is a good indicator of treatment response, we have developed a digital imaging system to quantify the values of red, green, and blue (RGB) difference and RGB ratio between the tumor and normal tissue to take into account the variations in color between different skin types. The efficacy of the proposed system in assessing treatment response in superficial IH was evaluated in relation to established visual and biochemical tools used to grade hemangiomas. As the treatment progressed, the R

SUBMITTER: Xie M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027214 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature