Method for analyzing skin surface and apparatus therefor

Details Method for analyzing skin surface and apparatus therefor Method for analyzing skin surface and apparatus therefor

1997-05-22

1999-11-23

Au, Amelia

Image analysis

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Biomedical applications

600476, G06K 900

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059914335

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for analyzing skin surface conditions which includes transferring horny cells from a skin surface of a subject onto an adhesive face of a base sheet. In addition, a learning-type image measurement system equipped with autocorrelation mask patterns is executed on a morphology of the horny cells in the image, thus judging at least one of a degree of overlapping, a degree of ellipticity and a degree of area of the horny cells. Further, the skin surface conditions are analyzed using this information.

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