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Method of assessing a body part

US7702140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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33Claims

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Assignee

Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US

Inventors

Raphael Hirsch · Pittsburgh, US
James Osborn · Wilmington, US
Chian Kent Kwoh · Pittsburgh, US
Louis J. Denes · Pittsburgh, US
Daniel Huber · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2009
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of assessing a body part includes obtaining two or more types of data through a combination of two or more of the following four imaging modalities: (1) obtaining surface topography data of the body part, (2) obtaining thermographic data of the body part, (3) obtaining range of motion data for the body part, and (4) obtaining spectral data of light reflected from the body part. The two or more types of data are integrated to allow them to be interacted with simultaneously, and the body part is assessed based on the integrated data.

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