SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION
First Claim
1. An apparatus for graphical display of medical information, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store medical information indicative of multiple categories, each category of medical information representing information about plurality of physiological variables related to patient monitoring;
a processing system configured to determine a data value for at least one physiological variable in each of the category of medical information and further configured for generating a color code using the data values; and
a display system for displaying a color coded image comprising multiple sections, each section displaying color codes associated with one of the physiological variables.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus for graphical display of medical information is provided. The apparatus comprises a memory configured to store medical information indicative of multiple categories, each category of medical information representing information about plurality of physiological variables, a processing system configured to determine a data value for at least one physiological variable in each of the category of medical information and further configured for generating a color code using the data values and a display system for displaying a color coded image comprising multiple sections, each section displaying color codes associated with a single physiological variable.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for graphical display of medical information, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store medical information indicative of multiple categories, each category of medical information representing information about plurality of physiological variables related to patient monitoring; a processing system configured to determine a data value for at least one physiological variable in each of the category of medical information and further configured for generating a color code using the data values; and a display system for displaying a color coded image comprising multiple sections, each section displaying color codes associated with one of the physiological variables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for simultaneously displaying a plurality of physiological variables indicative of the condition of a patient, the system comprising:
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an acquisition system for receiving medical information indicative of multiple categories, each category of medical information comprising signals corresponding to one or more physiological variables related to patient monitoring; a processing system for generating plurality of data values each of which is indicative of one of the signals, the processing system further configured for converting each of the data values into color codes; and a display system for separately and simultaneously displaying each of the color coded values in a graphical form in a time correlated relation wherein variations in the data values are emphasized by differences in color or shade. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for generating color coded image of medical information, the method comprising:
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obtaining one or more data values for a physiological variable representing medical information; grouping the data values into one or more data ranges, the data range representing a range of data values; mapping colors to data ranges in a manner that allows the colors to visually indicate the magnitude of the data ranges; and marking an indicator for each data value on a graph, the indicator marked with the mapped color of the data range that comprises the data value of the physiological variable. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A computer program product for implementing within a computer system a method for representing patient medical information as a colorgram, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable medium for providing computer program code means utilized to implement the method, wherein the computer program code means is comprised of executable code for implementing steps for receiving one or more data values for a physiological variable representing medical information, comparing each data value to a color map in which different color shades are designated for numeric values of the physiological variable, determining a color code for each data value and displaying color coded image, the color coded image comprising a sequence of color codes representing various data values of the physiological variable.
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18. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising executable code for displaying changes in amplitude of the data values corresponding to a single physiological variable as varying shades of a single color.
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