Title:
IMAGE BASED BILIRUBIN DETERMINATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/111606
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The invention relates to diagnosis in general and more specifically a system and a method for determining the presence of jaundice in newborn babies, also known as neonatal jaundice. A main objective of the present invention is to provide a simple system and method for determining the presence of jaundice. Particularly since most deaths due to jaundice occur in low-income countries, there is a large unmet need of simple, reliable and affordable technologies able to identify at-risk newborn. The objective is accomplished through receiving a depiction of skin from an RGB sensor, and then using either an optical diffusion model of the skin or Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the bilirubin concentration. A meta model of the optical diffusion model or Monte Carlo simulations can also be used. Colour calibration is also performed by e.g. thin-plate spline interpolation.
Inventors:
VARTDAL GUNNAR (NO)
RANDEBERG LISE LYNGSNES (NO)
AUNE ANDERS (NO)
KRINGSTAD ALEKSANDER (NO)
RANDEBERG LISE LYNGSNES (NO)
AUNE ANDERS (NO)
KRINGSTAD ALEKSANDER (NO)
Application Number:
PCT/NO2016/000030
Publication Date:
June 21, 2018
Filing Date:
December 15, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PICTERUS AS (NO)
International Classes:
A61B5/103; A61B5/1455
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ACAPO AS (NO)
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