Development of a tool for optical analysis of problem areas of skin.

Natural conditions in the circumpolar region are unfavorable for the residents who live there because dermatologists have developed a special technique for general practitioners to early identify skin problems that occur in residents living in the Arctic region. For preliminary diagnostics, we developed a device that allows you to assess the risk of a disease in a patient, send the resulting image to a specialized oncology clinic for decision-making. In addition, the device allows you to save archives of photographs so that a general practitioner can observe the problem in dynamics from 6 to 12 months. This technique allows you to identify skin problems at an early stage and help the patient recover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]