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Pressure ulcer thermographic assessment. Infrared thermography was used to assess the severity of a sacral pressure ulcer in a bedridden patient. The wound’s temperature (crosshairs) was found to be very similar to the surrounding healthy skin (asterisk). Thermal gradients close to 0°C are highly suggestive of wounds that will re-epithelize by themselves in a relatively short term. Images, courtesy of Dr. Mario A. Martinez-Jimenez, were acquired using a FLIR One Pro camera.
