'Smart' Bandage Shows Tissue Oxygen Levels (IMAGE)

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'Smart' Bandage Shows Tissue Oxygen Levels

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The transparent liquid bandage displays a quantitative, oxygenation-sensitive colormap that can be easily acquired using a simple camera or smartphone.

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Li/Wellman Center for Photomedicine.

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