Skin Lesion Display Interface with Synchronized Body and Detail Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for displaying and managing skin lesion information on a two-dimensional electronic display lack efficient and user-friendly interfaces for dermatologists and other medical professionals, failing to effectively synchronize views of the human body with lesion locations, provide accurate analysis, and offer practical diagnostic or treatment recommendations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented skin lesion information system with a user interface that displays a human model with marked lesion locations, allows for synchronized views of the body and lesions, includes a recommendation for next diagnostic or treatment steps based on analysis, and manages scanning data within specified tolerances, enabling efficient storage and analysis of skin lesion data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple views of the human model are shown simultaneously on a two-dimensional display, then the user can see all skin surfaces and lesion locations at once, but the display becomes cluttered and difficult to interpret
Solution Approach 1:
The display interface is segmented into multiple functional zones: a 3D human model view showing overall skin surfaces and lesion locations, a separate detailed lesion information panel, and a navigation control area. This segmentation allows comprehensive information display while maintaining interface clarity and ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from traditional 2D flat displays to a 3D interactive human model representation, adding spatial depth to the display. This dimensional change allows users to visualize skin surfaces and lesion locations in three-dimensional space while maintaining interpretability through interactive rotation and zoom capabilities.
2Reliability
If the system provides detailed analysis and multiple recommendations for skin lesions, then diagnostic accuracy improves, but the interface becomes more complex and harder to use
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of skin lesions and prepares multiple diagnostic recommendations in advance, organizing them by priority and relevance. This preliminary action allows comprehensive diagnostic information to be available without requiring complex real-time processing during user interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the interface provide different levels of information density: the 3D model view provides overview information with lesion markers, while detailed analysis and multiple recommendations are available in dedicated panels that users can access on-demand. This local quality variation optimizes both diagnostic accuracy and interface simplicity.
3Loss of information
If the system stores and processes large amounts of scanned skin lesion images, then diagnostic capability improves, but data management and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and separates critical lesion information from complete scanned images, storing only essential features and characteristics for analysis while maintaining access to full-resolution images when needed. This extraction process reduces data processing requirements while preserving diagnostic capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing and analysis of scanned images during the scanning process itself, pre-organizing data into structured formats with extracted features, metadata, and initial analysis results. This preliminary action significantly reduces subsequent processing time while maintaining complete diagnostic information.
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AI summary
Among other things, on a two-dimensional electronic display are shown simultaneously: (a) at least a partial body view of a surface of the human model on which a location of a skin lesion on a corresponding real human has been indicated, and (b) an image of the lesion area that corresponds to the partial body view of the human model.