Skin Feature Imaging System
AssigneeWelch Allyn, Inc.
InventorsSteven D. Baker, Robert James Kahlke
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Abstract
An imaging device for monitoring a skin feature includes a camera, at least one processor and memory. The imaging device displays a body area guide, receives a selection of a body area, initiates an image sequence of the body area, the image sequence including capturing, using the camera, a plurality of images, determines whether all body areas have been imaged, analyzes the images, and provides the analyzed images to a clinician. The imaging device can be part of a system including a server in communication with a monitor, where the clinician views the images on the monitor. Additionally, each skin feature can be ranked in order of risk and presented to the clinician in that order.
Claims20
An imaging system for monitoring a skin feature, comprising:
- a camera;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- display a body area guide;
- receive a selection of a body area;
- initiate an image sequence of the body area, the image sequence including capturing, using the camera, a plurality of images;
- determine whether all body areas have been imaged;
- and
- analyze the plurality of images.
A system for analyzing images of skin features, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a database;
- and
- memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive an image of a patient's skin feature;
- analyze at least one aspect of a plurality of aspects of the patient's skin feature;
- identify a reference skin feature in the database, wherein the plurality of aspects of the reference skin feature has been previously analyzed;
- compare the at least one aspect of the patient's skin feature to the corresponding aspect of the reference skin feature, including generating an evolution determination;
- and
- based on comparing the at least one aspect of the patient's skin feature to the corresponding aspect of the reference skin feature, determine a risk ranking of the skin feature.
A skin feature review system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a database storing previous data of a plurality of skin features of a patient, wherein the previous data include a reference image of each of the plurality of skin features and metadata, the metadata including an analysis of at least one characteristic of the skin features;
- and
- memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- provide one or more results of the analysis, wherein the results of the analysis include at least one of:
- risk ranking, an image of the skin feature, a time evolution of images, and a plurality of differential images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.