Patent ID: 8351770

Claim:
An imaging station for repeatable alignment of photographic images for a set of body poses, the imaging station comprising: a stage having a structure to support sets of handles for positioning of a subject's hands for at least some of the body poses; the sets of handles, wherein each handle is associated with a handle-position indicator to indicate a position of the associated handle; a foot platform associated with a foot platform position indicator, the foot position indicator to indicate a position of the foot platform, and the foot platform to support a subject's foot for at least some of the body poses, wherein a height of the foot platform is adjustable; and a monostand for placement of a camera for capturing photograph images of the subject, the monostand configured to allow the camera to be repeatably positioned with respect to the stage for each body pose to allow for alignment and comparison of skin-features in corresponding photographic images taken at different times, wherein the handle-position indicators and the foot platform position indicator are used to repeatably position the handles for sets of body poses taken at different times, wherein for each body pose a predetermined one or more handles are grasped by the subject, and wherein a predetermined background color is provided behind the imaging station to allow for separation of body pixels from background pixels in the captured photograph images.