Phototherapy apparatus with interactive user interface

A method of controlling a phototherapy apparatus, the method comprising:

• concurrently displaying, by a touchscreen of the phototherapy apparatus, a plurality of body area controls with which user input is able to select one of multiple body areas of a body for phototherapy treatment by the phototherapy apparatus;
• receiving, by the touchscreen, body area user input that interacts with the plurality of body area controls to indicate a selected body area of the multiple body areas;
• displaying, by the touchscreen, an indication of the selected body area;
• concurrently displaying, by the touchscreen, a body size control with which user input is able to select one of multiple body sizes of the body for treatment and a plurality of skin color controls with which user input is able to select one of multiple skin colors of the body for the phototherapy treatment by the phototherapy apparatus;
• receiving, by the touchscreen, body size user input that interacts with the body size control to indicate a selected body size of the multiple body sizes;
• receiving, by the touchscreen, skin color user input that interacts with the plurality of skin color controls to indicate a selected skin color of the multiple skin colors;
• concurrently displaying, by the touchscreen, an indication of the selected body size and an indication of the selected skin color;
• and
• determining, by the phototherapy apparatus, a plurality of phototherapy treatment parameters for the phototherapy treatment by the phototherapy apparatus, said determining in response at least to the body area user input, the body size user input, and the skin color user input.

A phototherapy apparatus comprising:

• a control unit that is configured to be in operational communication with a light source configured to produce light for a phototherapy treatment;
• and
• a touchscreen configured to display information to a user and to receive user input from the user, the touchscreen in operational communication with the control unit, the control unit configured to control the touchscreen to:
• concurrently display a plurality of body area controls with which the user is able to select one of multiple body areas of a body for phototherapy treatment by the phototherapy apparatus;
• receive body area user input from interaction of the user with the plurality of body area controls to indicate a selected body area of the multiple body areas;
• display an indication of the selected body area;
• concurrently display a body size control with which the user is able to select one of multiple body sizes of the body for treatment and a plurality of skin color controls with which the user is able to select one of multiple skin colors of the body for the phototherapy treatment by the phototherapy apparatus;
• receive body size user input from interaction of the user with the body size control to indicate a selected body size of the multiple body sizes;
• receive skin color user input from interaction of the user with the plurality of skin color controls to indicate a selected skin color of the multiple skin colors;
• concurrently display an indication of the selected body size and an indication of the selected skin color;
• and
• automatically determine a plurality of phototherapy treatment parameters for the phototherapy treatment by the phototherapy apparatus in response at least to the selected body area, the selected body size, and the selected skin color.