Body region indication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- sequentially displaying a plurality of two-dimensional body templates, each of the body templates illustrating a view of an external surface of a human body rotated an angle about an axis;
receiving input from a user indicating a region of one of the body templates;
mapping the input to a body surface coordinate system that describes a plurality of points on the external surface of the human body;
regenerating the body template to illustrate the indicated region on the template based on the body surface coordinate system with the mapped input; and
displaying the regenerated body template.
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Abstract
The invention is directed toward two-dimensional dynamic body image templates, and associated techniques, that allow a user to indicate regions of the human body. The body region indications may correspond to locations of injury, pain, treatment, discoloration, paresthesia, or the like. A user is presented with the body image templates and asked to indicate regions on the body templates that correspond to affected regions of a patient'"'"'s body. The body image templates represent views of an external surface of a human body rotated about at least one axis. In exemplary embodiments, a user controls display of overlapping templates, which may allow the user to perceive rotation of a three-dimensional body surface. The user indicated regions from each of the displayed body image templates are stored in a body surface coordinate system, such that regions indicated via one template may be appropriately displayed on other templates.
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1. A method comprising:
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sequentially displaying a plurality of two-dimensional body templates, each of the body templates illustrating a view of an external surface of a human body rotated an angle about an axis; receiving input from a user indicating a region of one of the body templates; mapping the input to a body surface coordinate system that describes a plurality of points on the external surface of the human body; regenerating the body template to illustrate the indicated region on the template based on the body surface coordinate system with the mapped input; and displaying the regenerated body template. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 5. The method of claim l, wherein sequentially displaying the body templates comprises sequentially displaying the body templates according to commands received from the user.
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23. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a programmable processor to:
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sequentially display a plurality of two-dimensional body templates, each of the body templates illustrating a view of an external surface of a human body rotated an angle about an axis; receive input from a user indicating a region of one of the body templates; map the input to a body surface coordinate system that describes a plurality of points on the external surface of the human body; regenerate the one of the body templates to illustrate the indicated region on the template based on the body surface coordinate system with the mapped input; and display the regenerated body template. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A device comprising:
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a display; a memory that stores a body surface coordinate system that describes a plurality of points on an external surface of a human body; and a processor to sequentially display a plurality of two-dimensional body templates via the display, each of the body templates illustrating a view of the external surface of the human body rotated an angle about an axis, receive input from a user indicating a region of one of the body templates, map the input to the body surface coordinate system, regenerate the body template to illustrate the indicated region on the template based on the body surface coordinate system with the mapped input, and display the regenerated body template via the display. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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