Projection mapping system for laser speckle contrast image: feasibility study for clinical application.

SIGNIFICANCE

Laser speckle contrast images (LSCIs) have been utilized to monitor blood flow perfusion. However, they have conventionally been observed on monitor screens, resulting in potential spatial mismatching between the imaging region of interest (IROI) and monitor screen.

AIM

This study proposes a projection mapping (PM) system for LSCIs (PMS_LSCI) that projects LSCIs to directly observe the blood flow perfusion in the IROI.

APPROACH

The PMS_LSCI consists of a camera, imaging optics, a laser projector, and graphic user interface software. The spatial matching in the regions of interest was performed by adjusting the software screen of the LSCI in the IROI and evaluated by conducting and studies. An additional study was performed to investigate the feasibility of real-time PM of the LSCI.

RESULTS

The spatial mismatching in the regions of interest was ranged from 2.74% to 6.47% depending on the surface curvature. The PMS_LSCI could enable real-time PM of LSCI at four different blood flow states depending on blood pressure.

CONCLUSIONS

The PMS_LSCI projects the LSCI in the IROI by interacting with a projector instead of the monitor screen. The PMS_LSCI presented clinical feasibility in the and studies.