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SKIN TEST IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUSES AND METHODS THEREOF

  • US 20120253224A1
  • Filed: 10/13/2011
  • Published: 10/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for skin testing comprising:

  • a housing with an opening which defines a field of view of a skin testing region;

    an image sensing apparatus positioned with respect to the housing to capture one or more images in the field of view provided by the opening in the housing;

    an illumination apparatus positioned with respect to the housing to direct light towards at least a portion of the field of view provided by the opening in the housing;

    a binding apparatus that detachably secures the housing with the opening over the skin testing region and maintains a substantially fixed optical distance between the image sensing apparatus and the skin testing region; and

    an image processing controller configured to analyze two or more test samples sites which are spaced fifteen mm or less apart in the field of view in each of the one or more captured images from the image sensing apparatus and provide a skin test result for each of the two or more test sample sites.

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