Showing skin lesion information

• US 9,363,507 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mela Sciences, Inc.
• Inventors: Butler, Christiano, Adrian, Joanna S., Wojton, Maciej, Roy, Mrinalini
• Primary Examiner(s): LaBalle, Clayton E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hancock, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US13/868,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20130242118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 396/28, 396/14
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/256 having a database of accessory information, e.g. including context sensitive help or scientific articles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/258 providing specific settings for specific users
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/25 User interfaces for surgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/444 Evaluating skin marks, e.g. mole, nevi, tumour, scar
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/002 for television cameras

Abstract

Among other things, on a two-dimensional electronic display are shown simultaneously: (a) at least a partial body view of a surface of the human model on which a location of a skin lesion on a corresponding real human has been indicated, and (b) an image of the lesion area that corresponds to the partial body view of the human model.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a skin lesion scanning device, comprising:

receiving, on a two-dimensional electronic display of a skin lesion scanning device, a user input;

determining, by the skin lesion scanning device and in response to the user input, that a first time interval has expired or that the first time interval has not expired;

providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display and in response to determining that the first time interval has not expired, a first user interface element configured to initiate a skin lesion scanning operation by the skin lesion scanning device in response to an interaction with the user interface element by the user; and

providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display and in response to determining that the first time interval has expired, a second user interface element configured to inform the user that a performance of the device needs to be checked.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the skin lesion scanning device, a second time interval based on an amount of time remaining until expiration of the first time interval; and

providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display, a third user interface element configured to display a representation of the second time interval.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user interface is a pop-up user interface configured to inform the user that the performance of the device needs to be checked.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising deactivating, in response to determining that the first time interval has expired, one or more user interface elements configured to initiate the skin lesion scanning operation.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, by the skin lesion scanning device, that the performance of the skin lesion scanning device has been checked; and

reactivating the one or more user interface elements configured to initiate the skin lesion scanning operation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display and in response to determining that the first time interval has expired, a third user interface element configured to provide instructions that describe a process of checking the performance of the skin lesion scanning device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the instructions describe a collection of successive steps to conduct a test on the skin lesion scanning device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the successive steps comprise imaging a phantom target with the skin lesion scanning device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing, on the third user interface element, a first step of the collection of successive steps and a navigation user interface element;

receiving, a user selection of the navigation user interface element; and

providing, on the third user interface element, a second step of the collection of successive steps.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising showing the second user interface element on a periodic interval.

11. A computer program product residing on in a non-transitory computer readable device, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by a skin lesion scanning device cause the skin lesion scanning device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, on a two-dimensional electronic display of a skin lesion scanning device, a user input;

determining, by the skin lesion scanning device and in response to the user input, that a first time interval has expired or that the first time interval has not expired;

providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display and in response to determining that the first time interval has not expired, a first user interface element configured to initiate a skin lesion scanning operation by the skin lesion scanning device in response to an interaction with the user interface element by the user; and

providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display and in response to determining that the first time interval has expired, a second user interface element configured to inform the user that a performance of the device needs to be checked.

12. The computer program of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

determining, by the skin lesion scanning device, a second time interval based on an amount of time remaining until expiration of the first time interval; and

providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display, a third user interface element configured to display a representation of the second time interval.

13. The computer program of claim 11, wherein the second user interface is a pop-up user interface configured to inform the user that the performance of the device needs to be checked.

14. The computer program of claim 11, the operations further comprising deactivating, in response to determining that the first time interval has expired, one or more user interface elements configured to initiate the skin lesion scanning operation.

15. The computer program of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

determining, by the skin lesion scanning device, that the performance of the skin lesion scanning device has been checked; and

reactivating the one or more user interface elements configured to initiate the skin lesion scanning operation.

16. The computer program of claim 11, the operations further comprising providing, on the two-dimensional electronic display and in response to determining that the first time interval has expired, a third user interface element configured to provide instructions the display to the user for that describe a process of checking the performance of the skin lesion scanning device.

17. The computer program of claim 16, the operations further comprising instructions to describe a collection of successive steps to conduct a test on the skin lesion scanning device.

18. The computer program of claim 17, wherein the successive steps comprise imaging a phantom target with the skin lesion scanning device.

19. The computer program of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

providing, on the third user interface element, a first step of the collection of successive steps and a navigation user interface element;

receiving, a user selection of the navigation user interface element; and

providing, on the third user interface element, a second step of the collection of successive steps.

20. The computer program of claim 11, the operations further comprising showing the second user interface element on a periodic interval.