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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
William V. Stoecker, Rolla, MO (US);
Randy H. Moss, Rolla, MO (US);
R. Joe Stanley, Rolla, MO (US);
Xiaohe Chen, Rolla, MO (US);
Kapil Gupta, Rolla, MO (US);
Bijaya Shrestha, Rolla, MO (US);
Pavani Jella, Boise, ID (US);
William V. Stoecker, Rolla, MO (US);
Randy H. Moss, Rolla, MO (US);
R. Joe Stanley, Rolla, MO (US);
Xiaohe Chen, Rolla, MO (US);
Kapil Gupta, Rolla, MO (US);
Bijaya Shrestha, Rolla, MO (US);
Pavani Jella, Boise, ID (US);
Stoecker & Associates, a subsidiary of The Dermatology Center, LLC, Rolla, MO (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
Improved methods for computer-aided analysis of identifying features of skin lesions from digital images of the lesions are provided. Improved preprocessing of the image that 1) eliminates artifacts that occlude or distort skin lesion features and 2) identifies groups of pixels within the skin lesion that represent features and/or facilitate the quantification of features are provided including improved digital hair removal algorithms. Improved methods for analyzing lesion features are also provided.