EARLY DETECTION THROUGH BODY IMAGING
Background
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and early detection significantly improves patient outcomes. Total-body digital imaging gives dermatologists a way to track skin changes over time, comparing current images to historical records to spot lesions, moles, or irregularities before they become serious.
DermSpectra built a total-body imaging system used by dermatologists, primary care physicians, plastic surgeons, and clinical researchers. The system combines an imaging booth that captures patients across nine standardized poses with a clinician interface for comparing images over time, marking lesions, and tracking treatment.
Areteworks was brought in to design the user experience across the full system: the patient-facing booth interface that guides patients through the imaging poses unassisted, and the clinician interface for scan comparison, lesion marking, and treatment tracking across iPad, laptop, and mobile devices.
TWO USERS. TWO INTERFACES. ONE SYSTEM
Challenge
The DermSpectra system had two completely different users who would never see each other's interfaces, yet whose interactions had to work as one coherent experience.
The patient stands alone inside the imaging booth. There is no technician guiding them. The system has to walk them through nine standardized imaging poses, give clear positioning feedback, and capture each image correctly. The patient may be anxious, may not speak fluent English, may have limited mobility, and may never have used the system before. The booth interface had to be self-explanatory, encouraging, and forgiving of imperfect positioning.
The dermatologist sees the resulting images on an entirely different interface. Their job is to compare current images against historical records, identify lesions that have changed or appeared, annotate findings, and document treatment decisions. Across thousands of images per patient across years of visits, the clinician interface had to make comparison effortless and annotation precise.
The full design had to balance the patient's need for guidance with the clinician's need for analytical depth, all running on the same system, sharing the same image data, across multiple device types.
MULTI-PLATFORM INTEGRATION
Solution
Areteworks led the user experience design across both interfaces, starting with observation of dermatology clinics, conversations with dermatologists about how skin imaging actually informs their decisions, and walking through the booth experience from the patient's perspective.
The patient-facing booth interface was designed for unassisted use. Clear visual cues guide positioning. Confirmation feedback tells the patient when each pose is captured. Pacing is calm and unhurried. Patients move through the nine poses without needing a technician at their side.
The clinician interface was designed for analytical work across time. Side-by-side comparison surfaces changes between current and historical images. Lesion marking and annotation tools support the documentation dermatologists actually create in their notes. The system runs across iPad, laptop, and mobile, supporting both in-clinic and remote review.
The final design supported clinical decision-making with measurable impact. DermSpectra's Total Body Imaging System achieved a 50% increase in physician confidence when assessing lesion changes over time. The system was named a Medical Innovation Finalist, recognizing its contribution to early skin cancer detection through better imaging UX.
Feedback- “Areteworks communicated extremely well in all phases of the project.” -DermSpectra
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