FLIR ONE and Thermal Injury

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Assessment of thermal burn injuries using a smartphone attached thermal imaging camera (FLIR ONE) vs. the gold standard Moor Laser Doppler Imager in an outpatient setting.

• IRAS ID

  210596

• Contact name

  Peter Dziewulski

• Contact email

  peter.dziewulski@meht.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This is research study looking at how effective a smartphone attached thermal imaging camera (FLIR-ONE; pictured above) is at assessing the extent of thermal burn injuries versus the gold-standard Moor laser Doppler imager that we routinely use at the St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford. Laser Doppler imagers cost tens of thousands of pounds to purchase and are expensive for many treatment centres to purchase. At a price of £189 the FLIR-ONE camera could be a cheaper alternative; which if proven to be an effective clinical tool could be used more extensively within the NHS for assessing the extent of burn injuries.
  

• REC name

  West of Scotland REC 5

• REC reference

  16/WS/0148

• Date of REC Opinion

  8 Jul 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion