Patent ID: 9668702
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining from an image of external cranio-facial soft tissue whether a subject is likely to have a dysmorphic feature, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, with processing circuitry, the cranio-facial external soft tissue image of the subject; accessing cranio-facial external soft tissue images of a plurality of individuals; processing, with the processing circuitry, the external soft tissue image of the subject, with respect to the external soft tissue images of the individuals, wherein the processing includes one or more of an anchored cells analysis, shifting patches analysis, and relative measurements analysis; determining, with the processing circuitry, based on at least one of the anchored cells analysis, the shifting patches analysis, and the relative measurements analysis, at least one dysmorphic feature included in the cranio-facial external soft tissue image of the subject; accessing a database of descriptors of dysmorphic features; and selecting, based on the determining by at least one of the anchored cells analysis, the shifting patches analysis, and the relative measurements analysis, at least one of the descriptors associated with the at least one determined dysmorphic feature.