Personal human anatomy card and methods and systems for producing same
First Claim
1. A method of producing a personal human anatomy card for an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a card member having a machine-readable storage medium integrated therein;
(b) tomographically creating a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images of a portion of the individual;
(c) processing the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images to form data representative of a three-dimensional model of the portion of the individual;
(d) compressing the data to form compressed data representative of the three-dimensional model; and
(e) storing the compressed data in a machine-readable form on the machine-readable storage medium of the card member.
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Abstract
A personal anatomy card includes a card member and a machine-readable storage medium integrated in the card member. Machine-readable data including compressed data representative of a three-dimensional model of a portion of the individual is stored on the machine-readable storage medium. The three-dimensional model is formed by tomographically creating a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images of a portion of the individual, processing the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images to form data representative of the three-dimensional model, and compressing the data to form the compressed data. Optionally, a three-dimensional data player is integrated in the card member. The three-dimensional data player includes a display device, a user interface, and a processor. The processor is operative to decode the compressed data in dependence upon navigation instructions received by the user interface to command the display device to display a selected portion of the three-dimensional model.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of producing a personal human anatomy card for an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a card member having a machine-readable storage medium integrated therein; (b) tomographically creating a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images of a portion of the individual; (c) processing the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images to form data representative of a three-dimensional model of the portion of the individual; (d) compressing the data to form compressed data representative of the three-dimensional model; and (e) storing the compressed data in a machine-readable form on the machine-readable storage medium of the card member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A personal human anatomy card for an individual, the personal human anatomy card comprising:
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a card member; a machine-readable storage medium integrated in the card member; and machine-readable data stored on the machine-readable storage medium, the machine-readable data including compressed data representative of a three-dimensional model of a portion of the individual formed by; tomographically creating a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images of a portion of the individual; processing the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images to form three-dimensional data representative of the three-dimensional model; and compressing the three-dimensional data to form the compressed data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for producing a personal human anatomy card for an individual, the system comprising:
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a tomographic imaging system which tomographically creates a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images of a portion of the individual; an image processor which processes the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images to form data representative of a three-dimensional model of the portion of the individual; a data compressor which compresses the data to form compressed data representative of the three-dimensional model; and means for storing the compressed data in a machine-readable form on a machine-readable storage medium integrated in a card member. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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