Apparatus and method for lesion feature identification and characterization
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1. An apparatus for at least one of measuring and characterizing a selected skin lesion, comprising:
- a capture device that produces data representing an image of an object;
a processing device that processes said data to derive a three-dimensional model of the skin lesion that is stored in a database; and
a reporting device that indicates at least one specific property of the selected skin lesion, wherein said processing device determines a change in said at least one specific property by comparing said three-dimensional model with at least one previously derived three-dimensional model stored in said database, wherein said data representing an image includes information related to at least one of color and texture of the object.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining a characteristic of a selected skin lesion. A capture device produces data representing an image of an object. A processing device processes the data to derive a three-dimensional model of the skin lesion, which is stored in a database. A reporting device indicates at least one specific property of the selected skin lesion. The processing device determines a change in at least one specific property of the skin lesion by comparing the three-dimensional model with at least one previously derived three-dimensional model that is stored in the database.
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31 Claims
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1. An apparatus for at least one of measuring and characterizing a selected skin lesion, comprising:
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a capture device that produces data representing an image of an object;
a processing device that processes said data to derive a three-dimensional model of the skin lesion that is stored in a database; and
a reporting device that indicates at least one specific property of the selected skin lesion, wherein said processing device determines a change in said at least one specific property by comparing said three-dimensional model with at least one previously derived three-dimensional model stored in said database, wherein said data representing an image includes information related to at least one of color and texture of the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for at least one of measuring and characterizing a selected skin lesion, comprising:
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producing data that represents an image of an object;
processing the data to derive a three-dimensional model of the skin lesion that is stored in a database; and
indicating at least one specific property of the selected skin lesion, wherein a change in the at least one specific property is determined by comparing the three-dimensional model with at least one previously derived three-dimensional model stored in the database, wherein the data representing an image includes information related to at least one of color and texture of the object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for at least one of measuring and characterizing features of an object, comprising:
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transforming an initial image view to a two-dimensional physical perspective representation of an image corresponding to the object;
identifying unique features of the two-dimensional perspective representation of the image;
correlating the identified unique features to produce a three-dimensional physical representation of all uniquely-identified features; and
determining three-dimensional characteristic features of the object, wherein the identified unique features include information related to at least one of color, and texture of the object. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. An apparatus for at least one of measuring and characterizing features of an object, comprising:
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an imaging device that captures a two-dimensional image of the object;
a processing device that processes said captured image to produce a three-dimensional representation of the object, said three-dimensional representation including parameters indicating a predetermined feature of the object;
a database that stores said parameters;
a comparing device that compares said stored parameters to previously stored parameters related to the object to determine a change in the three-dimensional representation of the object; and
a reporting device that uses results of said comparison by said comparing device to generate a report pertaining to a change in the object, wherein said parameters indicating a predetermined feature of the object includes information related to at least one of color and texture of the object. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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