METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND ANALYSIS FOR MOLE EVOLUTION TRACKING
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1. An imaging system for imaging a body area, the system comprising:
- an air blower for moving hair of the body area between different locations by blowing air toward the hair;
wherein the hair covers different segments of the body area while being positioned at different locations;
a camera, configured to acquire multiple images of the body area while the hair is positioned in different locations due to the blowing of air; and
a processor, configured to;
receive the multiple images;
extract information of pixels from the multiple images based on an amount of hair information included in the pixels; and
generate a synthetic image of the body area, in which different pixels are extracted from different images of the multiple images.
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Abstract
A mole monitoring system including: (a) a calibration fixture including an illuminator that is operational to illuminate a skin area that includes a mole; (b) a digital camera operational to acquire at least one image of a body area that is included in the illuminated skin area and which includes the mole and its environment; and (c) a processor operational to analyze the at least one image of the mole and to determine values for parameters of the mole.
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20 Claims
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1. An imaging system for imaging a body area, the system comprising:
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an air blower for moving hair of the body area between different locations by blowing air toward the hair;
wherein the hair covers different segments of the body area while being positioned at different locations;a camera, configured to acquire multiple images of the body area while the hair is positioned in different locations due to the blowing of air; and a processor, configured to; receive the multiple images; extract information of pixels from the multiple images based on an amount of hair information included in the pixels; and generate a synthetic image of the body area, in which different pixels are extracted from different images of the multiple images. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A computer program product comprising a non-transient computer readable medium that stores instructions for:
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acquiring from a camera visual information in a monitored field of view; automatically detecting a mole in the field of view; automatically analyzing the visual information for measuring multiple independent parameters of the mole; automatically identifying the mole, by its measured parameters, among a database comprising information of multiple moles; and automatically comparing the measured parameters to previously measured parameters of the mole, for detecting trends of change in at least one of the measured parameters along a sequence of at least three measurements of the mole at different times. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mole monitoring system comprising:
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a calibration fixture comprising an illuminator that is operational to illuminate a skin area that comprises a mole; a digital camera operational to acquire at least one image of a body area that is comprised in the illuminated skin area and which comprises the mole and its environment; and a processor operational to analyze the at least one image of the mole and to determine values for parameters of the mole. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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