ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,063, issued on July 8, was assigned to Canfield Scientific Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Enhancing pigmentation in dermoscopy images" was invented by Sachin V. Patwardhan (Mount Tabor, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for modifying images of skin so as to reduce or enhance the appearance of component pigments, such as melanin and hemoglobin. A diffuse reflectance image of skin, such as a cross-polarized contact dermoscopy image, which conveys information regarding subsurface features of the skin, is processed so as to extract pigment distribution information, which is then used to correct the diffu...