Patent Document ID: 20150374304
Application ID: 14850449
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining from a series of pixels in 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, first electronic information reflective of first sets of values corresponding to pixels of the cranio-facial external soft tissue image of the subject, wherein the first sets of values correspond to relationships between at least one group of pixels in the cranio-facial soft tissue image of the subject; accessing second electronic information reflective of second sets of values corresponding to pixels of cranio-facial external soft tissue images of a plurality of geographically disbursed individuals; processing, with the processing circuitry, the first electronic information reflective of the first sets of values corresponding to the pixels of the external soft tissue image of the subject, with respect to the second electronic information reflective of the second sets of values corresponding to the pixels of the external soft tissue images of the geographically disbursed 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 first electronic information; 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.