System and method for counting follicular units

Details System and method for counting follicular units System and method for counting follicular units

A - Human Necessities

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A61B 5/00 (2006.01) G06T 7/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2661660

A system and method for counting follicular units using an automated system comprises acquiring an image of a body surface having skin and follicular units, filtering the image to remove skin components in the image, processing the resulted image to segment it, and filtering noise to eliminate all elements other than hair follicles of interest so that hair follicles in an area of interest can be counted. The system may comprise an image acquisition device and an image processor for performing the method. In another aspect, the system and method also classifies the follicular units based on the number of hairs in the follicular unit.

La présente invention concerne un système et un procédé de comptage d'unités folliculaires, le procédé consistant à acquérir une image d'une surface corporelle comprenant de la peau et des unités folliculaires, à filtrer l'image pour éliminer les composantes cutanées de l'image, à traiter l'image résultante pour la segmenter, et à filtrer le bruit pour supprimer tous les éléments autres que les follicules pileux d'intérêt de sorte que les follicules pileux se trouvant dans une zone d'intérêt sont comptés. Le système peut comprendre un dispositif d'acquisition d'image et un processeur d'image permettant la mise en oeuvre du procédé. Dans un autre aspect de l'invention, le système et le procédé permettent également de classifier les unités folliculaires selon le nombre de poils compris dans l'unité folliculaire.

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