Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for helping determine a condition of selected tissue of a patient based on a set of thermal images of the selected tissue acquired over a time period. The image set has image regions with corresponding characteristics indicative of a temperature condition of an associated part of the selected tissue, which had been subjected to a thermal challenge during part of the image acquisition time period. Feature values are determined based on the characteristics of selected image regions. A classifier is applied to the features to provide an indication of the condition of the selected tissue, such as indicating a likelihood of malignancy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 1999
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2004
Assignee:
Computerzied Thermal Imaging, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark David Parsons, Robert Mack Cothren, John Scott Birbeck, Cliff Eugene Friefer, David Cardon Rich, Donald E. Waagen