发明名称 |
Digital optical visualization, enhancement, quantification, and classification of surface and subsurface features of body surfaces |
摘要 |
A method for monitoring a region of a body surface includes recording at a first time a first multispectral digital image of the surface including the region, recording at a subsequent time a subsequent multispectral digital image of the surface including the region, and comparing the first and the subsequent images. Also, such a method in which the first and subsequent images are high magnification images, and further including recording low magnification images that include the high magnification images. Also, a method for forming a diagnostically useful classification of pigmented skin lesions includes using such a method to construct a database containing quantitatively extracted selected features from images recorded from a plurality of skin lesions, and correlating the features from each such lesion in the database with the medical history of the skin lesion from which the image was recorded. Also, a method for diagnosis of a premelanomatous or early melanomatous condition includes using the method for characterizing a surface region including the lesion and comparing the features of the lesion so obtained with the features in a database obtained from a number of skin lesions including lesions known to be premelanomatous or early melanomatous, or classifying the features of the lesion according to the diagnostically useful classification of pigmented skin lesions.
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申请公布号 |
US5836872(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.11.17 |
申请号 |
US19900509039 |
申请日期 |
1990.04.13 |
申请人 |
VANGUARD IMAGING, LTD. |
发明人 |
KENET, ROBERT O.;KENET, BARNEY J.;TEARNEY, GUILLERMO J. |
分类号 |
A61B5/103;A61B18/20;A61B19/00;G06T5/00;(IPC1-7):A61B5/00 |
主分类号 |
A61B5/103 |
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