US 2021/0267463 A1Published application

System and method for automated thermographic examination

AssigneeHigia, Inc.

InventorsJulián Ríos Cantú, José Antonio Torres González, Raymundo González Leal, Fernando López Martínez

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Abstract

A system includes: an exterior enclosure defining an interior examination volume; a thermographic camera defining a field of view encompassing a target examination region within the interior examination volume; and a set of lighting elements configured to illuminate reference locations within the interior examination volume. The system also includes computational subsystem is configured to, for each target pose in a series of target poses: illuminate a reference location via the set of lighting elements, the reference location corresponding to the target pose; prompt the patient to locate within the target examination region and to orient relative to the reference location illuminated via the set of lighting elements; and capture a thermographic image of the patient in the target pose. The computational subsystem is further configured to generate a diagnostic assessment for the patient based on the thermographic image of the patient in each target pose.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for thermographic examination comprising:

an examination cell comprising:
an exterior enclosure defining an interior examination volume;
a thermographic camera:
arranged within the interior examination volume;
and
defining a field of view encompassing a target examination region within the interior examination volume;
and
a set of lighting elements configured to illuminate a set of reference locations within the interior examination volume;
and
a computational subsystem configured to, following entry of a patient into the interior examination volume:
for each target pose in a series of target poses:
illuminate a reference location in the set of reference locations via the set of lighting elements, the reference location corresponding to the target pose;
prompt the patient to locate within the target examination region and to orient relative to the reference location illuminated via the set of lighting elements;
and
capture a thermographic image of the patient in the target pose via the thermographic camera;
and
generate a diagnostic assessment for the patient based on a set of thermographic images comprising the thermographic image of the patient in the target pose for each target pose in the series of target poses.

14 more elements

A method for administering a thermographic examination executed at an examination cell comprising an exterior enclosure defining an interior examination volume, a thermographic camera arranged within the interior examination volume and defining a field of view encompassing a target examination region within the interior examination volume, and a set of lighting elements configured to illuminate a set of reference locations within the interior examination volume, the method comprising:

at first time, prompting a patient in the interior examination volume to disrobe;
at a second time succeeding the first time by an acclimatization duration, prompting the patient to locate to the target examination region;
for each target pose in a series of target poses:
illuminating a reference location in the set of reference locations via the set of lighting elements, the reference location corresponding to the target pose;
prompting the patient to orient relative to the reference location illuminated via the set of lighting elements;
and
capturing a thermographic image of the patient via the thermographic camera;
and
generating a diagnostic assessment for the patient based on a set of thermographic images comprising the thermographic image of the patient for each target pose in the series of target poses.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/127,881Filed 18 Dec 2020
Priority: 27 Feb 2020
Published: 2 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A61B 5/015
Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue: by temperature mapping of body part
A61B 5/0091
Adapted for particular medical purposes: for mammography
A61B 5/4312
For evaluating the female reproductive systems, e.g. gynaecological evaluations: breast evaluation or disorder diagnosis
A61B 5/6889
Mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices: rooms