Patent ID: 11903723
Assignee: ARANZ HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method of assessing a feature on a patient's skin surface, comprising:
i. capturing three-dimensional topographical image data of the patient's skin surface with a three-dimensional camera;
ii. processing the captured image data to form a three-dimensional topographical data set representative of the patient's skin surface,
iii. determining a boundary of the feature in the three-dimensional topographical data set;
iV. determining with a processor a three-dimensional surface area of the feature within the boundary; and
v. identifying a plurality of sub-regions within the boundary and identifying one or more tissue types in each sub-region, wherein identifying the plurality of sub-regions includes
receiving, via a user interface, a user input manually identifying one or more of the plurality of sub-regions; and
automatically identifying, with a processor, one or more others of the plurality of sub-regions.