Foldable Total Body Imaging System with Live Video Consultation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for skin imaging are inefficient and lack consistency in capturing and monitoring skin conditions, particularly for skin cancer, requiring more time and resources, and there is a need for a system that allows for quick, effective, and automated full-body imaging with live video consultation capabilities to facilitate early detection and monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A foldable automated system for total body imaging that includes a compact foldable imaging booth with sensors for guiding users through predetermined poses, capturing high-resolution images, and enabling live feed video consultations with medical providers, allowing for immediate or scheduled review of images, integrated with electronic medical records for efficient data management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated body imaging system is implemented, then imaging efficiency and consistency are improved, but device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The automated imaging system is divided into multiple independent camera units, each capturing specific body regions. The system processes images through separate modules (capture, transfer, display, comparison) that can function independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high imaging efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging system is designed to perform multiple functions: capturing images of different body regions, transferring images to various devices (desktop computer, mobile device, display), and enabling both real-time and historical image comparisons. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems into one unified platform
2Measurement precision
If multiple high-resolution cameras are used for detailed skin imaging, then image quality is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using one extremely complex high-resolution camera, the system employs multiple cameras (at least three, preferably four or more) that capture different body regions. Each camera can be of standard resolution, but the combined output provides comprehensive high-detail coverage of the entire body, simplifying individual camera specifications while achieving overall high measurement precision
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple camera feeds are merged into a unified imaging system that captures complete body coverage. The images from separate cameras are integrated and displayed together, allowing detailed skin imaging across the entire body without requiring any single camera to be excessively complex or expensive
3Loss of time
If real-time video consultation capability is integrated, then patient care responsiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging system is designed to simultaneously support both automated imaging functions and video consultation functions. The same hardware platform (computing device, display, camera system) serves dual purposes: capturing body images and enabling real-time video communication between patient and healthcare provider, thereby reducing overall device complexity while improving care responsiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The video consultation capability is merged with the automated imaging system rather than being a separate system. The imaging capture, transfer, and display functions are integrated with video communication, allowing seamless transition between image capture and real-time provider consultation without requiring additional standalone equipment
4Manufacturing precision
If automated pose guidance system is implemented, then imaging consistency is improved, but device complexity and initial setup time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides automated pose guidance through visual displays that instruct patients on proper positioning. The patient independently follows the guidance without requiring operator intervention, ensuring consistent imaging poses. This self-service approach improves imaging consistency while minimizing the complexity of operator training and initial setup
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AI summary
A system for patient body imaging with live feed medical video consultation. The system includes an imaging booth with a plurality of cameras for capturing body images of a patient, a server for storing and transmitting patient images and patient information, a computer and/or mobile computing device in communication with the server, and a computer processing unit in communication with a program application that includes the ability to conduct or schedule a live feed video consultation between the patient and a medical provider where the live feed video consultation enables both the patient and the medical provider to view the patient's body images. The imaging booth may be a foldable total body imaging apparatus that includes a foldable floor to produce a compact folded apparatus having a small footprint when not in use.