Using Textural Analysis of Thermal Imaging to Predict Healing Status of Diabetes-Related Neuropathic Foot Ulcers: Protocol for a Co-Design and Longitudinal Study
The study aims to co-design, test, and validate an accurate, feasible, and acceptable device to predict the healing of DFUs at week 12 from an image taken at week 1. This has the potential to assist clinicians in making informed and timely decisions for instigating adjuvant therapies, thereby improving healing and preventing lower extremity amputations.
Authors
- Quoc Cuong Ngo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8071-5342)
- Richard J. MacIsaac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8058-6977)
- Anna Galligan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-8180)
- Barbara Polus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2227-2659)
- Rajna Ogrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-7254)
- Aye Nyein Tint
- Dinesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-5845)
- Samantha Hanna
- Kate Waller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-9626)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Austin Hospital (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Services Australia (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Research Protocols
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/69793
- Primary Topic
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00