METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMPLIFYING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY
First Claim
1. A method to simplify information obtained through electrical impedance tomography, the method comprising:
- collecting electrical impedance tomography (EIT) data through operation of an electrical impedance tomography apparatus on a body;
processing the EIT datato detect one or more specific condition, trend, or event; and
defining at least one region of interest from the EIT data, the at least one region of interest comprising a set of two or more pixels having in common a certain condition, event or trend detected from the EIT data.
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Abstract
A METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SIMPLIFY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY, said method comprising the steps of data collection through electrical impedance tomography and the respective processing thereof; the application of at least one algorithm to detect conditions, trends and specific events, so as to allow the identification of at least one region of interest as well as the production of an image including at least such region, which can be pre-defined or defined by the user. The graphical representation of the region of interest can be obtained through the use of a color, texture, figure, contour, etc. The data processed can consist of the impedance values or data derived thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to simplify information obtained through electrical impedance tomography, the method comprising:
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collecting electrical impedance tomography (EIT) data through operation of an electrical impedance tomography apparatus on a body; processing the EIT data to detect one or more specific condition, trend, or event; and defining at least one region of interest from the EIT data, the at least one region of interest comprising a set of two or more pixels having in common a certain condition, event or trend detected from the EIT data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus to simplify information obtained through electrical impedance tomography, the apparatus comprising:
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an electrical impedance tomography (EIT) apparatus configured to acquire an impedance signal as EIT data; a processor configured to define regions of interests from processing the EIT data, each region of interest having two or more pixels having a common condition, trend, or event, and to define graphical representations for the regions of interest and to generate images including at least one region of interest with its respective graphical representation. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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