Optical detection of wound infection in vivo by near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

Detection of bacterial infection is important for deciding optimal treatment and management for wound. In the paper, near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is proposed for detection wound infection in vivo with optical properties. A porcine model is used as experimental subject in the detection of wound infection. The spectrally resolved data of the wounds are analyzed to extract the optical properties including reduced scattering coefficient and absorption coefficient. Based on optical properties, an ensemble model of chain-like agent genetic optimized Support Vector Machine is applied to discriminate wound infection. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the method for rapid and noninvasive detection of wound infection using optical properties.