Protocol for metadata and image collection at diabetic foot ulcer clinics: enabling research in wound analytics and deep learning.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participantInformed written consent was secured from all the participants. As this was a multicentre effort, The Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board of the University of Calgary (#21-1052) and the Research Ethics Board of the University Health Network (#21-5352) granted ethical approval for researchers conducting clinical research. All DFU patients were recruited from Zivot Limb Preservation Centre located in Peter Lougheed Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; permission to gather data was approved by Alberta Health Services (AHS) hospital authorities. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The project was funded by the University Health Network Foundation and conducted at an Alberta Health Services clinic (Project Number: 10033709)."