Fig. 3.

Experimental protocol. (a) Visible image of a partial thickness burn under the Mylar window suspended by the brass ring. The white arrows indicate the blue triangular tape sections the burn injury perimeter is denoted by the red dotted contour. (b) Excised, burned abdomen tissue with the metal tissue resection guide. The burn perimeter is outlined in red and the section locations are indicated by the black dotted lines. Tissue sections spanned both uninjured and injured tissue to aid histological assessment. (c), (d). Representative histology of sections from a partial thickness and full thickness burn respectively Reference axes in the bottom left corner or the image align the x-axis with the long dimension of the burn injury.