Multispectral imaging of hand eczema
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Background: Hand eczema is a disease with large variation in clinical presentation and severity. Scoring systems for quantitative severity assessment exist. However, they are observer-dependent. An objective quantitative tool for scoring of hand eczema would improve categorization of hand eczema. Objective: To investigate the usefulness of multispectral imaging in assessing severity of hand eczema with respect to extent and the different morphological features. Methods: Patients with hand eczema (n = 60) and healthy controls (n = 28) were included. The severity of hand eczema was assessed by a dermatologist using the Hand Eczema Severity Index (HECSI) and a global assessment (Physician Global Assessment [PGA]). Multispectral imaging of the hand was performed on all patients and controls using the VideometerLab Instrument. Results: Areas of the morphological elements identified by multispectral imaging were statistically significantly correlated with the PGA scores. Analyzed by Cohen's kappa, a moderate agreement between imaging-based severity assessment and PGA was found. The imaging-based severity assessment was also correlated with HECSI (Spearman rho 0.683, P <.001). Still, the imaging-based algorithm was not capable of differentiating hand eczema patients from controls. Conclusions: Multispectral imaging allows quantitative measurements of different skin parameters to be performed. In its present form, multispectral imaging cannot replace the clinical assessment of a dermatologist. However, after refinement, this or similar technologies could prove useful.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Contact Dermatitis |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 6 |
Pages (from-to) | 438-445 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0105-1873 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
- hand eczema, HECSI, multispectral imaging, non-invasive measuring methods, optical technologies, severity
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