Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI)
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This overview critically compares subjective assessment tools and available objective measurement tools with potential devices becoming available. Our goal is to lay out the benefits of each scar assessment scale in order to propose good management skills for scars along with strong metric skills. ⋯ There remains still no ideal objective measurement out there despite promise seen in subjective evaluation. Method refinement will however accelerate our knowledge and interventions - based on increasing study power with enhanced metrics.
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Quantitative transverse relaxation time (T(2)) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been used with the aim to characterize subcutaneous adipose tissue. Protons in adipose tissue have a fast exchange behavior giving bi-component transverse relaxation processes with short and long relaxation time values depending on the tissue properties. ⋯ This study shows that precise T(2) map of adipose tissue can be computed. The balance between precision and spatial resolution is examined. Preliminary results relative to tissue organization and to difference between clinical groups proves the potential of the quantitative MRI.