Measuring and monitoring skin conditions using 3D imaging

MetaOptima设计并开发了MoleScopeTM，它可以附着在智能手机或平板电脑上，并捕获高质量的2D显微图像，供皮肤科医生远程检查。随附的应用程序提供对2D图像的分析，并允许随着时间的推移监测皮肤病变，以帮助识别皮肤癌，这是北美最常见的癌症。在价格范围内，没有其他适合患者使用的皮肤镜作为自我筛查设备。

MetaOptima has designed and developed MoleScopeTM that attaches to a smartphone or tablet, and captures high-quality 2D microscopic images for remote review by dermatologists. The accompanying app provides analysis of the 2D images and allows monitoring skin lesions over time, to help identify skin cancer, the most common cancer in North America. There are no other dermoscopes within the price range suitable for patient use as a self-screening device. We wish to extend the 2D imaging into a 3D platform using off-the-shelf 3D cameras to perform monitoring of many more skin conditions, building on the archiving and monitoring software we have already developed for 2D dermoscopic imaging. This 3D imaging platform with optimization for mobile 3D imaging will be the first cloud based full-body imaging system for skin cancer diagnosis. Also, 3D imaging will enable new applications such as monitoring treatment for several skin conditions such as acne, eczema and wounds. Other cosmetic applications include measuring wrinkles, outcomes of cosmetic surgery, and hair loss. Working with MetaOptima Inc., this proposal aims to engage and access the PI's expertise in 3D graphics, to develop software which can be used for acquiring and processing 3D images on a smartphone or tablet.