SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTING FOLLICULAR UNITS

摘要

A system and method for counting follicular units using an automated system comprises (i) acquiring a digital image of a body surface having skin and a plurality of follicular units; (ii) selecting a region of interest with the digital image; (iii) segmenting the selected image to produce a binary image; (iv) performing a morphological open operation on the binary image; and (v) performing noise filtering by removing objects having certain characteristics which do not correspond to hair.