TY - JOUR AU - PUTORA, Paul Martin AU - PAULIS, Ludovit AU - PLASSWILM, Ludwig PY - 2011/02/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Automated Erythema Quantification in Radiation Therapy - a Java Based Tool JF - Applied Medical Informatics JA - Appl Med Inform VL - 26 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ami.info.umfcluj.ro/index.php/AMI/article/view/41 SP - 1-6 AB - <em><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB"> Introduction</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">: In radiotherapy, erythema is a common side-effect, especially during radiotherapy treatment regimes that last several weeks. The measurement of erythema might be of clinical relevance, especially when standardized interpretation is possible. </span> <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">Aim</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">: The aim of this article is to present a tool that can be implemented for automatized and time efficient quantification of erythema from digital images taken during radiotherapy treatment. </span> <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">Method</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">: Instead of relying on commercially available graphic editors and performing manual operations on the images within these programs we developed a java based tool that can automatically evaluate the &ldquo;redness&rdquo; of images. These erythema values receive a score number, are connected with the date and time the pictures were taken and are exported into a comma separated values (CSV) file. </span> <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB"> Results</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">: The Erythema values of images could be quickly evaluated with the developed tool. With spreadsheet software the exported file could be easily manipulated to produce graphical representations of erythema rise. </span> <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB"> Conclusion</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;" lang="EN-GB">: Erythema quantification from digital images can be easily performed by custom developed java tools. An automated quantification provides a method of detecting an increase in erythema that may not be visible to the naked eye.</span></em> ER -