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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Fuel 3d Technologies Limited, Oxford, GB;
Chris Kane, Oxford, GB;
Leonardo Rubio Navarro, Oxford, GB;
Adeala Zabair, Oxford, GB;
Anna Chabokdast, Oxford, GB;
James Klatzow, Oxford, GB;
BioNTech SE, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
A method is proposed for identifying ('segmenting') at least one portion of the skin of an animal which is a region of interest (e.g. a portion which is subject to an abnormality such as a tumor). The method uses at least a temperature dataset obtained by measuring the temperature of each of a plurality of points of a region of the skin. An initial segmentation may be performed using the temperature data based on a statistical model, in which each point is segmented based on its temperature and optionally that of its neighbors. The initial segmentation based on the temperature data may be improved using a three-dimensional model of the profile of the skin, and the enhanced segmentation may be used to improve the three-dimensional model.