Provided are a skin evaluation apparatus, a skin evaluation method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a skin evaluation program capable of evaluating gloss of skin in consideration of both of a physical feature of the skin and an optical feature of the skin to quantitatively evaluate gloss of the skin closer to a practical point of view. The skin evaluation apparatus includes a shape information acquisition unit 22 that acquires information on a surface unevenness shape of the skin; an optical feature information acquisition unit 23 that acquires information on an optical feature of the skin; and an evaluation unit 24 that evaluates gloss of the skin on the basis of the information on the surface unevenness shape and the information on the optical feature.

Devices, systems, tools and methods are disclosed during diagnosis and treatment of spinal conditions. A cervical plumb line device is disclosed which can be used to produce a measurement of the sagittal vertical axis associated with a target part of a patient's cervical spinal anatomy from two or more radiographic images. Also disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the angulation of a patient's spinal anatomy relative to a cervical plumb line which uses a plurality of bolsters. A device that can be used to assist in implantation of an interbody device during spinal fusion device is also disclosed. Systems which produce geometric data describing optimized spinal fusion geometric at a spine level selected to receive spinal fusion.

Kits, diagnostic systems and methods are provided, which measure the distribution of colors of skin features by comparison to calibrated colors which are co-imaged with the skin feature. The colors on the calibration template (calibrator) are selected to represent the expected range of feature colors under various illumination and capturing conditions. The calibrator may also comprise features with different forms and size for calibrating geometric parameters of the skin features in the captured images. Measurements may be enhanced by monitoring over time changes in the distribution of colors, by measuring two and three dimensional geometrical parameters of the skin feature and by associating the data with medical diagnostic parameters. Thus, simple means for skin diagnosis and monitoring are provided which simplify and improve current dermatologic diagnostic procedures.

Accurate measurement of pupillary distance, PD, is necessary to make prescription eye glasses as well as configuring VR headsets, and using other binocular optical devices. Today, many people are ordering eyeglasses on line and obtaining their PD is often problematic for a number of reasons as the prior art fails to provide consumer friendly PD measurement systems. A disclosed eyeglass frame system comprises reference marks of known locations upon the frames. A smart phone may be used to locate the consumer's pupils, while the consumer is wearing the frames. The consumer's pupils may be marked or tagged upon a digital image of the consumer wearing the frames. By use of angles in the sight lines of the camera lens and other variable values and the known relative distances of the frame markings, a consumer's pupillary distance can be quickly and accurately derived.

Ergonomic refraction station and procedure of use consists of a phoropter helmet, chair, work table, monitor and electronic circuit, which seeks to perform a refraction test in the conditions most similar to the usual work environment of the patient, for this it consists of a lightweight phoropter helmet, which adjusts to the size of the user, made of transparent material to allow contact with its surroundings and execute the usual movements of head, neck, eyes and working distance, parameters that are captured by optical, distance and inclination sensors, located on the phoropter helmet or on the flexible and adjustable table with “swan neck” arms.

There is a need for a technique to determine a presence or absence of morbidity of a lifestyle-related disease and a possibility of future morbidity (risk of morbidity) in a non-invasive manner for a subject. The present disclosure provides a blood abnormality prediction device including, a prediction unit configured to predict a presence or absence of a blood abnormality in a subject on the basis of the information of the image that captures a crown portion of a capillary, wherein the prediction unit is configured to measure one or more selected from the group consisting of an entire width, an apex width, a loop diameter, a venous limb width, and an arterial limb width of the crown portion of the capillary on the basis of the information of the image, to predict the presence or absence of the blood abnormality in the subject from a result of the measurement.

An endoscope system includes a light source that emits lights with first to n-th wavelengths, a lens that makes the lights with the first to n-th wavelengths parallel lights, a diffractive optical element (DOE) that converges components of the lights with the first to n-th wavelengths, the components being included in the parallel lights, into first to n-th linear lights at mutually different positions, a slit that projects, onto a subject, first to n-th pattern lights based on the first to n-th linear lights, an imager that captures, as one-frame image, an image of the subject onto which the first to n-th pattern lights are projected, and a processor being configured to calculate a distance to the subject or a shape of the subject based on the image captured by the imager.

A medical puncture needle includes: a metal needle body formed in a tubular shape and including: a blade surface formed at a distal end portion of the needle body, a first transmission window configured to transmit light, and a second transmission window configured to transmit light transmitted through the first transmission window. The second transmission window is located on a proximal end side relative to the blade surface. The first transmission window and the second transmission window are shifted from each other in a circumferential direction of the needle body.

A spinal disorder diagnosis and treatment planning system is provided. The diagnosis and treatment planning system includes a mixed reality holographic display including at least one processor, at least one camera, at least one sensor, and being configured to acquire data points corresponding to a surface of a body adjacent to vertebral tissue. A computer database is configured to transmit imaging of the body including the vertebral tissue to the mixed reality holographic display. The mixed reality holographic display is configured to display a first holographic image of the vertebral tissue superimposed with a body image including the surface. Methods are also disclosed.

In one embodiment, a health-monitoring system may access a waist-hip measurement of a user. The system may determine one or more stress-related parameters of the user using one or more computing devices. The system may determine one or more correlations between the waist-hip measurement and the one or more stress-related parameters of the user. The system may provide feedback to the user based on one or more of the one or more stress-related parameters or the determined correlations between the waist-hip measurement and the one or more stress-related parameters.