Quantification of erythema using digital camera and computer‐based colour image analysis: a multicentre study

Abstract

We developed a method for the measurement of skin erythema using digital camera, normalized r, g, b colour co-ordinate system and computerized calculation of E.I. Clinical usefulness of our method for absent, slight and moderate erythema, was demonstrated. For intense erythema lesions we did not find a correspondence between clinical and computerized evaluation, probably due to other factors involved in skin inflammation (e.g. oedema).