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Computerised Methods for Monitoring Diabetic Foot Ulcers on Plantar Foot: A Feasibility Study

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Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA 2022)

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Recognition and analysis of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) by computerised methods has been an emerging research area with the evolution of image processing and machine learning algorithms. Precise documentation of wound size over time allows clinicians to gauge responses to treatment, improving healing rates by modifying interventions as required. One of the major issues in the analysis of DFU is non-standardised foot images captured with cameras including factors such as distance of the camera from the foot and orientation of the image. Designing a computerised solution to determine site of DFU and measurements of area for remote assessment and monitoring represents a significant challenge due to the variables involved. In this work, we propose a new computerised solution with the combination of image processing and deep learning algorithms to estimate the site and predict the progress (based on estimated area index) of the DFU irrespective of distance and orientation of the plantar foot. First we segment the foot region and align the foot by fixing the orientation of a series of longitudinal images. Then we localise the region of interest of DFUs and find its relative size to the foot area. We introduce a distribution analysis to determine the site of DFUs. Finally, we introduce an area index (\(Area_t\)) to predict the healing progress of DFU at different time intervals (t). We demonstrate the feasibility of our proposed method on 154 longitudinal DFUs of plantar foot. We achieved 92.3% on site estimation and 84.7% on healing progress prediction.

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  1. Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75390-9085, USA

    Manu Goyal

  2. Musculoskeletal Science and Sports Medicine Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK

    Neil D. Reeves

  3. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, PR2 9HT, UK

    Satyan Rajbhandari

  4. Centre for Advanced Computational Science, Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK

    Moi Hoon Yap

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Goyal, M., Reeves, N.D., Rajbhandari, S., Yap, M.H. (2022). Computerised Methods for Monitoring Diabetic Foot Ulcers on Plantar Foot: A Feasibility Study. In: Yang, G., Aviles-Rivero, A., Roberts, M., Schönlieb, CB. (eds) Medical Image Understanding and Analysis. MIUA 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13413. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12053-4_15

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