System and Method for Counting Follicular Units
AssigneeRestoration Robotics, Inc.
InventorsShehrzad A. Qureshi, Mohan Bodduluri
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Abstract
A system and method for counting follicular units using an automated system comprises acquiring an image of a body surface having skin and follicular units, filtering the image to remove skin components in the image, processing the resulted image to segment it, and filtering noise to eliminate all elements other than hair follicles of interest so that hair follicles in an area of interest can be counted. The system may comprise an image acquisition device and an image processor for performing the method. In another aspect, the system and method also classifies the follicular units based on the number of hairs in the follicular unit.
Claims24
A method of counting individual follicular units (FUs), comprising:
- filtering an image of a body surface comprising skin and FUs to remove background components;
- processing the image to produce a segmented image;
- performing noise filtering of the segmented image to remove objects having characteristics that do not correspond to individual FUs of interest;
- and
- counting the individual FUs of interest.
A system for counting individual follicular units (FUs) on a body surface, comprising:
- an interface adapted to receive image data containing FUs;
- and
- an image processor comprising instructions for
- filtering an image comprising skin and FUs to remove background components;
- processing the image to produce a segmented image;
- performing noise filtering of the segmented image to remove objects having characteristics that do not correspond to individual FUs of interest;
- and
- counting the individual FUs of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.