Systems and methods for monitoring the condition of the skin

摘要

Systems, methods, apparatuses and program products for analyzing and/or monitoring the condition of skin are provided. Various embodiments provide for accessing images of the skin, analyzing the characteristics of skin conditions as represented by the images, and providing outputs useful for analyzing and/or monitoring conditions of the skin. Certain embodiments provide for automated analysis of skin conditions such as moles and/or wrinkles. The automated analysis may include for example characterization of a skin condition and comparison to similar skin conditions of a patient or of other patients.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
accessing an image stored in a memory representing one or more skin conditions submitted by a user; identifying, by at least one device processor, any internal portion of a mole represented the image; utilizing circular dynamic programming to identify a border of the mole via analyzing, by the at least one device processor, pixel data in radii of a circle of predefined increments from an origin point corresponding to any internal portion of the mole to an edge of the image; wherein identifying the mole border represented by the image utilizing circular dynamic programming further comprises: for pixel data in a radius, determining a difference value for a first potential boundary point with one or more surrounding points of the radius; choosing a candidate boundary point in the radius as the pixel in the radius having the maximal difference value based on the determining; iterating the determining for each radius in 360 degrees; and calculating a global maximum reward to refine candidate boundary points of the radii, wherein the global maximum reward is based on discontinuity between radius length from origin for proximately located radii; characterizing, by the at least one device processor, the one or more skin conditions represented by the image, said characterizing comprising identifying one or more attributes of the mole using pixel data within the mole border; and outputting, by the at least one device processor, one or more results corresponding to the one or more skin conditions represented by the image.