Image guided laser therapy
AssigneeCutera, Inc.
InventorLukas HUNZIKER
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for treating a skin of a patient with therapeutic laser light via imaging a first skin area of the patient to obtain at least a first image, processing the at least a first image of the first skin area with at least one processor to identify within the first skin area at least one or more target skin areas and a non-target skin area, generating a treatment map of the first skin area based on the identified one or more target skin areas and the non-target skin area, and treating at least a portion of the one or more target skin areas with therapeutic laser light based on the generated treatment map.
Claims26
A method of treating the skin of a patient with therapeutic laser light, the method comprising:
- a) imaging a first skin area of the patient to obtain at least a first image;
- b) processing the at least a first image of the first skin area, wherein the processing comprises
- 1) identifying at least one target skin area and at least one non-target skin area in the at least a first image;
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- 2) generating a treatment map of the first skin area based on the identified at least one target skin area and the at least one non-target skin area;
- c) displaying the treatment map to a user on a user interface;
- d) receiving a user input from the user in response to displaying the treatment map;
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- e) treating at least a portion of the at least one skin area with therapeutic laser light by using a scanner to direct therapeutic laser light pulses to the identified at least one target skin area, and not direct therapeutic laser light pulses to the identified at least one non-target skin area, based on the treatment map and the user input.
A method of treating the skin of a patient with therapeutic laser light, the method comprising:
- a) using a camera to image a first skin area of the patient to obtain a first image comprising a plurality of pixels;
- b) using a processor to identify areas of the first skin area to receive therapeutic laser light by
- 1) processing the first image into a plurality of sub-areas of one or more pixels based at least in part on one of colors, shadings, and shapes within the first image;
- 2) classifying each sub-area of the first image as one of a target skin area and a non-target skin area based on one of the color, the shading, and the shape of the sub-area;
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- 3) determining at least one laser treatment parameter for treating each target skin area, wherein the at least one treatment parameter is selected from a fluence, a pulse duration, a beam spot size, a beam diameter, and a fraction of the total area of the target skin area to receive therapeutic laser light;
- c) generating a treatment map of the first skin area based on the processing, wherein the treatment map identifies at least a portion of each target skin area to receive therapeutic laser light;
- d) displaying the treatment map to a user on a user interface;
- e) receiving a user input from the user in response to displaying the treatment map, wherein the user input is selected from:
- 1) an input to zoom in to a portion of the treatment map;
- 2) an input to zoom out from a portion of the treatment map;
- 3) an input confirming one or more of the at least one laser treatment parameter for treating at least one target skin area;
- 4) an input changing one or more of the at least one laser treatment parameter for treating at least one target skin area;
- 5) an input to initiate the delivery of laser pulses to the at least one target skin area;
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- f) based on the treatment map and the user input, treating at least a portion of each target skin area in the first skin area with therapeutic laser light by using a scanner to direct one or more therapeutic laser light pulse to at least a portion of each target skin area, and not direct therapeutic laser light pulses to any non-target skin area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.