Automated assessment of skin lesions using image library
AssigneeConvergent Medical Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRaymond H. Chen, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Abstract
An automated skin lesion assessment system may automatically assess a suspect skin lesion. An electronic image library may contain diagnosed skin lesion image data representative of images of a plurality of diagnosed skin lesions and, for each, a diagnosis of the skin lesion. An image capture system may capture an image of the suspect skin lesion. A computer processing system may compare the image of the suspect skin lesion with the diagnosed skin lesion image data and, based on this comparison, identify one or more diagnosed skin lesions which match the suspect skin lesion. A user interface may report the diagnoses of the diagnosed skin lesions that match the image of the suspect skin lesion.
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An automated skin lesion assessment system for automatically assessing a suspect skin lesion comprising:
- an electronic image library containing diagnosed skin lesion image data representative of images of a plurality of diagnosed skin lesions and, for each, a diagnosis of the skin lesion;
- an image capture system configured to capture an image of the suspect skin lesion;
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- a computer processing system configured to compare the image of the suspect skin lesion with the diagnosed skin lesion image data and, based on this comparison, to identify one or more diagnosed skin lesions which match the suspect skin lesion;
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- a user interface configured to report the diagnoses of the diagnosed skin lesions that match the image of the suspect skin lesion.
A skin lesion image capture device for capturing an image of a skin lesion comprising:
- a camera configured to capture the image of the suspect skin lesion;
- a lens configured to focus an image of the skin lesion on the camera;
- a housing containing the camera and the lens and configured to block external light from illuminating the suspect legion while the camera captures the image of the suspect skin lesion and to insure that the lens of the camera is a fixed distance from the skin lesion when the skin lesion is placed against a front opening of the housing;
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- an illumination system within the housing and configured to illuminate the suspect skin lesion while the camera captures the image of the suspect skin lesion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.