Early Prediction of Skin Viability Using Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy and Autofluorescence Spectroscopy

• Main Authors: Zhu, Caigang, Chen, Shuo, Chui, Christopher Hoe-Kong, Tan, Bien-Keem, Liu, Quan
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Skin viability; Early prediction; Plastic surgery; Autofluorescence spectroscopy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82366; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39920
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Accurate and early prediction of skin flap viability is vitally important in reconstructive surgery. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first pilot study to evaluate the simultaneous use of both visible diffuse reflectance and autofluorescence spectroscopy on a reverse Ma...