SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF SKIN DISEASE

摘要

An optical system for the detection of skin disease, such as melanoma, acquires images of a lesion on a subject's skin at different wavelengths and utilizes a sweeping arm rotating about the lesion in a clock-like sweep to produce diagnostically relevant metrics and classifiers from the image data so as to enhance detection of the skin disease.

主权项

1. An apparatus for detecting skin disease in a lesion on a subject's skin, comprising:
a mechanical fixture defining a distal plane against which a lesion on the subject's skin is pressed; a camera adapted to obtain image data from the lesion; a processor adapted to process the image data with a clock-like sweep algorithm to obtain metrics and/or classifiers defining the rotational symmetry of the pigmented lesion; and an output device that indicates a likelihood of the presence or absence of skin disease in the subject from the processed image data.