C11171: Precision Three-dimensional Dynamic Thermal Imaging of the Human Body for the Detection of Skin Lesions and other Natural and Abnormal Conditions
Value Proposition:
This technology is a three step process that combines white-light imaging or holography and dynamic infrared imaging with image processing allows accurate three-dimensional dynamic thermal mapping of the human body. In both imaging systems, depending on the field of view of the camera, several cameras are used for precise, rapid, full-body imaging.
Technical Details:
Infrared thermography is a non-invasive tool which allows the measurement of the spatial and temporal variations of temperature of the human body. Johns Hopkins University inventors present a high-accuracy thermal imaging system that will support a host of imaging applications and couple it with an accurate thermal model of the human body. The three step process starts with creating an accurate 3D map of the human body using white light photography or holography. In both imaging systems, depending on the field of view of the camera, several cameras are used for precise, rapid, full-body imaging. This approach allows better, more accurate and comprehensive full-body models of healthy and diseased tissues and their response to thermal excitation.
Looking for Partners:
The precision imaging tools for 3D geometrical and thermal mapping can be used in the imaging of living and engineered complex structures. The combination of the models and the imaging results will yield more accurate thermal models of the human body that are essential in a variety of medical and engineering applications.
- DIAGNOSTIC -Skin cancer -Breast cancer screening (to be used in conjunction with mammography) -Skin lesions -Pressure ulcers -Other injuries
- SAFETY -Infectious disease screening in populated areas (e.g. airports, stadiums) -Emergency response for disaster relief -Military (surveillance, mine safety)
- PERFORMANCE MAXIMIZATION -Athletic training -Products (tires, printed circuit boards, athletic shoes, material performance)
- RESEARCH- Measure heat transfer mechanisms
- VETERINARIAN -Inflammation, muscle injury, nerve injury, preventative medicine
