Method and apparatus for diagnosing conditions using tissue color
OwnerShiu-Shin Chioinventor
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Abstract
A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient includes providing a color reference member that includes one reference color thereon. An electronic visual image is obtained of a patient tissue and the at least one reference color on the image. The electronic visual image is processed with the computer by analyzing the colors in the image of the patient tissue and the reference color. This analysis is performed to obtain a standardized color value of the patient tissue. A condition of the patient is diagnosed by using the standardized color value of the patient tissue so obtained.
Claims24
A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient comprising:
- (1) providing a color reference member that includes an open area portion for receiving a patient tissue and at least a first, a second and a third reference color thereon disposed on the reference member in, respectively, at least a first, second and third concentric rings least partially surrounding the open area portion,
- 2) obtaining an electronic visual image of the patient tissue disposed within the open area and the at least one reference color of the color reference member that at least partially surrounds the patient tissue,
- (3) processing with a computer, the electronic visual image by analyzing the colors, in the image, of the patient tissue and the reference color to obtain a standardized color value of the patient tissue;
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- (4) diagnosing a condition of the patient by using the standardized color value of the patient tissue.
A method of diagnosing a condition of a patient comprising
- (1) providing a reference member that includes an open area portion for receiving a patient tissue and at least a first, a second and a third reference color thereon disposed on the reference member in, respectively, at least a first, second and third concentric rings at least partially surrounding the open area portion, and sizing scale thereon adjacent to and surrounding the open area portion;
- (2) obtaining an electronic visual image of a patient tissue at the sizing scale and the at least one reference color of the reference member that at least partially surrounds the patient tissue;
- (3) processing, with a computer, the electronic visual image by comparing the size of the patient tissue and the sizing scale to obtain a value for the size of the patient tissue;
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- (4) diagnosing a condition of a patient by using the obtained value of the size of the patient tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.