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Aesthetic imaging system

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  • US 5,687,259 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1995
  • Issued: 11/11/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an aesthetic imaging system for use in imaging a patient, a method of simultaneously displaying a plurality of digital images of the patient for comparison thereof, the aesthetic imaging system including:

  • a video camera; and

    a computer processor, image storage memory containing a first stored image of the patient taken at an earlier time, and a monitor, all operably coupled to the video camera, the method comprising;

    (a) positioning the patient in front of the video camera so that a second live digital, image of the patient is captured by the video camera;

    (b) displaying the second, live digital image of the patient on the monitor; and

    (c) displaying the first digital image of the patient in a fixed position on the monitor with the second live digital image overlaid on the first digital image and with one of the first or second digital image being substantially translucent to allow the patient to view the first digital image through the second live digital image and to adjust the relative position of the video camera and the patient in order to align the first and second digital images of the patient on the display.

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