Morphing patient features using an offset
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1. A computer implemented method of displaying a video image of at least a portion of a virtual patient, the method comprising:
- accessing a video file, the video file comprising a series of video images that depicts a virtual patient over a range of characteristics of the virtual patient with the characteristics related to at least one medical condition of the virtual patient;
using a current value of a variable being related to the virtual patient medical condition to calculate by a computer device an offset into the video file, the offset associated with an image in the series of video images;
retrieving the image corresponding to the offset; and
rendering the image corresponding to the offset on a user output device.
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Abstract
A method of displaying an image of at least a portion of a virtual patient including accessing identification of a video file, the video file comprising video data that depicts virtual patient features over a range of the features, determining an offset into the video file and presenting the video image corresponding to the offset.
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1. A computer implemented method of displaying a video image of at least a portion of a virtual patient, the method comprising:
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accessing a video file, the video file comprising a series of video images that depicts a virtual patient over a range of characteristics of the virtual patient with the characteristics related to at least one medical condition of the virtual patient; using a current value of a variable being related to the virtual patient medical condition to calculate by a computer device an offset into the video file, the offset associated with an image in the series of video images; retrieving the image corresponding to the offset; and rendering the image corresponding to the offset on a user output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product, comprising a computer program disposed on a computer readable storage medium, for displaying a video image of at least a portion of a virtual patient, the computer program including instructions for causing a processor to:
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access a video file, the video file comprising a series of video images that depicts a virtual patient over a range of characteristics of the virtual patient with the characteristics related to at least one medical condition of the virtual patient; calculate an offset into the video file in accordance with a current value of a variable being related to the virtual patient medical condition, the offset associated with one image in the series of video images in the video file; retrieve the image corresponding to the offset; and render the one image corresponding to the offset on a user output device to display the video image to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer implemented method of displaying a video image of at least a portion of a virtual patient, the method comprising:
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coding data structures stored on a computer readable medium to independently define progressions of different medical conditions of the virtual patient; interpreting by a computer, the data structures by accessing and updating virtual patient state data, by; generating multimedia files to present the virtual patient based upon the data structures; determining an offset into the multimedia files in accordance with a current value of a variable being related to a patient medical condition; selecting a portion of the multimedia files corresponding to the offset; and rendering the multimedia files to present gradual changes in the virtual patient on a user output device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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