A61B5/1079

Skin Feature Imaging System
20170303844 · 2017-10-26 ·

An imaging device for monitoring a skin feature includes a camera, at least one processor and memory. The imaging device displays a body area guide, receives a selection of a body area, initiates an image sequence of the body area, the image sequence including capturing, using the camera, a plurality of images, determines whether all body areas have been imaged, analyzes the images, and provides the analyzed images to a clinician. The imaging device can be part of a system including a server in communication with a monitor, where the clinician views the images on the monitor. Additionally, each skin feature can be ranked in order of risk and presented to the clinician in that order.

Method, system, and apparatus for cranial anatomy evaluation
09795362 · 2017-10-24 ·

Embodiments of portable cranial anatomy injury evaluation systems, apparatus, and methods are described generally herein where the system and apparatus may include multiple signal generation devices including photonic, acoustic, and electrical signals. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Apparatus and method for profiling a depth of a surface of a target object

An apparatus (1) for profiling the depth of a surface of a target object (30), having a two-dimensional array of lasers (5), an optical device (15) for projecting a two-dimensional illumination pattern (31) onto an area of the surface of the target object, an image capture device (10) arranged to capture an image of the two-dimensional illumination pattern projected onto the area of the surface of the target object and a processor (25) configured to process the captured image in order to reconstruct a depth profile of the two-dimensional area of the surface of the target object from the image captured by the image capture device.

WELLNESS MIRROR

Various systems and methods for providing a wellness mirror are provided herein. A system for providing a wellness mirror includes a display; a modeler to receive depth images from a depth camera that is communicatively coupled to the system, and provide a model of a subject in the depth images; a health profiler to analyze the model and produce a health and wellness analysis; and a user interface to present the health and wellness analysis on the display.

MEDICAL IMAGE VISUALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF AORTA

An apparatus includes a communication interface and at least one processor. The processor is configured to obtain a size of a lumen in each of a plurality of aortic zones and first information for each of the plurality of aortic zones based on segmentation results of an aorta and the plurality of aortic zones within the aorta; and visualize the size of the true lumen, the first information, and a ratio between the size of the true lumen and the first information in each of the plurality of aortic zones by using a visualization segment corresponding to each of the plurality of aortic zones.

Method and system for postural analysis and measuring anatomical dimensions from a digital three-dimensional image on a mobile device
09788759 · 2017-10-17 ·

A mobile, hand-held communication device with a digital display, and a 3D camera for acquiring a three-dimensional image of the human body is programmed to function as a digital anthropometer. The user digitizes anatomical landmarks on the displayed image to quickly obtain anatomical measurements which are used with a known morphological relationship to make an anatomical prediction for clothing measurement, body composition, orthotic and insert manufacturing, and postural displacement with accuracy and without external equipment.

Intravascular imaging procedure-specific workflow guidance and associated devices, systems, and methods

Systems, devices, and methods for providing procedure-specific workflow guidance are provided. The workflow guidance may include providing selectable options on a display device to a user including a selectable option to select a target vessel and a prompt to move an intravascular imaging device within the selected target vessel. Imaging data is received from the intravascular imaging device within the selected target vessel. The workflow guidance may be used to identify an area of interest within the selected target vessel and automatically display vessel measurements corresponding with the area of interest on the display device.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING ACTIVITY-BASED DATA COLLECTION DEVICES
20170291066 · 2017-10-12 ·

A grip interface is used to provide information about a user to a range of connected devices and applications based on the users' interactions with the grip. By embedding into the grip an array of sensors for motion, health, environmental and other data using embedded microcontroller network technology, and focusing on the grip as the interface between the physical and virtual worlds, applications and services to existing grip-based devices are enabled. Applications for the grip include as sports, fitness equipment, health monitoring, activity tracking, coaching, physical therapy, mobility aide and virtual entertainment, among others.

Device for detecting and illuminating the vasculature using an FPGA

A laser based vascular illumination system utilizing a FPGA for detecting vascular positions, processing an image of such vasculature positions, and projecting the image thereof onto the body of a patient.

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM EXAMINING DEVICE, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM EXAMINING SYSTEM AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM EXAMINING METHOD
20170281078 · 2017-10-05 ·

There are provided an image acquiring unit (122) for acquiring a plurality of images of a skin of an examination subject which is picked up over a plurality of points of time by an image pickup device (104), a body hair specifying unit (123) for specifying body hair for a growth period of the examination subject from the image with regard to each of the images acquired by the image acquiring unit (122), and a circadian rhythm estimating unit 124 for estimating a circadian rhythm of the examination subject based on a temporal change in a length of the body hair for the growth period which is obtained by specifying the body hair for the growth period from each of the images by the body hair specifying unit 123. Consequently, it is possible to estimate the circadian rhythm of the examination subject from these images by simply acquiring the image of the skin of the examination subject without requiring gene measurement, cell culture, frequent blood collection, analysis in special research facilities or the like.