DIAGNOSTIC SKIN MAPPING BY MRS, MRI AND OTHER METHODS
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1. A method of characterizing skin type in a human subject, said method comprising:
- performing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements at a plurality of skin depths at one or more locations on said subject; and
calculating from data provided by said NMR measurements one or more skin-type values indicative of a skin characteristic.
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Abstract
This invention pertains to improved methods of classifying skin types as well as improved methods for determining the appropriateness of products and evaluating methods for treating particular skin. The methods typically utilize a “skin type” database containing one or more quantitative measures (e.g., NMR data) of skin properties. The database can optionally include various qualitative measures of skin as well (e.g., Glogau scale and/or Fitzpatrick scale values).
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100 Claims
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1. A method of characterizing skin type in a human subject, said method comprising:
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performing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements at a plurality of skin depths at one or more locations on said subject; and calculating from data provided by said NMR measurements one or more skin-type values indicative of a skin characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of identifying a skin type for a region of skin of a treatment subject, said method comprising:
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providing a skin type database containing skin type records from a plurality of subjects; receiving one or NMR parameters determined from said region of skin and/or skin-type values calculated from said NMR parameters; querying said skin type database using said one or more NMR parameters and/or skin-type values to identify the skin type of said subject; and outputting to a display or printer and/or storing to a computer readable medium a characterization of the skin type for said region of skin of said subject. - View Dependent Claims (19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) parameters and/or skin-type values calculated from said NMR parameters and/or calculating skin-type values from said NMR parameters wherein said NMR parameters are from NMR measurements from skin at one or more locations on a subject and said skin-type values are indicative of a skin characteristic; and determining and outputting to a display or tangible medium, a treatment plan optimized for a skin type characterization determined from said skin-type values. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 57)
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67. A system comprising a computer processor configured to:
receive NMR data obtained from a subject'"'"'s skin and to calculate a skin-type value from said NMR data and/or to query a database storing a library of NMR skin type characterizations to return one or more skin-type values for said skin, wherein said skin-type values are indicative of a skin characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71)
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84. A method of treating a region of interest of the skin of a subject, said method comprising:
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identifying a region of interest of the skin of a subject to be treated; making one or more NMR measurements of said region to obtain NMR parameters characterizing the skin region; calculating one or more skin-type values and/or querying an NMR skin type database with the NMR data and/or skin-type values to identify the skin type characterized by said NMR data; calculating and outputting to a display or tangible medium, a treatment plan optimized for the skin type characterization returned from said query; and treating said subject in accordance with said treatment plan. - View Dependent Claims (85, 89)
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99. A method of generating a skin type database used for treating a region of skin of interest, the method comprising:
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making one or more NMR measurements of a skin region of interest in a reference subject; and storing a plurality of parameters obtained from said NMR measurement(s) and/or one or more skin-type values derived from said NMR measurement(s), in a computer readable medium to form a skin type database.
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