Patent ID: 8000777

Claim:
A system for analyzing tissue healing, said system comprising: an image capture device; a reference color marker of a predetermined color; a processing unit in communication with said image capture device, and configured to: receive image data from said image capture device, the image data including image of a tissue site and said reference color marker; determine an image color adjustment by adjusting the image of the reference color marker to the predetermined color; apply the image color adjustment to the image of the tissue site to normalize the image of the tissue site to generate a normalized image; compare colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a first range of colors defining a first tissue type for identifying a particular first type of tissue at the tissue site; compare colors of the tissue site in the normalized image to a second range of colors defining a second tissue type for identifying a second type of tissue at the tissue site, the first and second tissue types being tissue in different stages of healing; identify the first and second tissue types; and present the normalized image to a clinician.