Patent ID: 11931166
Assignee: APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A system for creating an enhanced Lund and Browder chart and determining a total body surface area burn score of a patient with burns comprising:
at least one camera configured to obtain a plurality of images of the patient;
a mobile device comprising at least one processor and a display,
wherein the at least one camera is communicatively coupled to the mobile device; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method of creating the enhanced Lund and Browder chart and determining the total body surface area burn score, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of pose templates on the display of the mobile device to assist in obtaining patient poses in the plurality of images;
obtaining the plurality of images by the at least one camera aligning each pose of the patient with each pose template of the plurality of pose templates on the display;
automatically recognizing:
patient skin regions in the plurality of images;
a background in the plurality of images;
distractors in the plurality of images and classifying the distractors;
burn locations on the patient in the plurality of images;

combining the plurality of images to create the enhanced Lund and Browder chart; and
determining the total body surface area burn score based at least in part on the enhanced Lund and Browder chart.