System and method for estimating extracorporeal blood volume in a physical sample
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1. A method for estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in a portion of a physical sample, the method comprising:
- comparing a portion of an image of the sample with a template image of known extracorporeal blood volume indicator;
tagging the portion of the image of the sample with a blood volume indicator according to the template image that is matched to the portion of the image of the sample; and
estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in at least a portion of the physical sample, associated with the portion of the image of the sample, according to the blood volume indicator.
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Abstract
One method for estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in a portion of a physical sample includes: comparing a portion of an image of the sample with a template image of known extracorporeal blood volume indicator; tagging the portion of the image of the sample with a blood volume indicator according to the template image that is matched to the portion of the image of the sample; and estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in at least a portion of the physical sample, associated with the portion of the image of the sample, according to the blood volume indicator.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in a portion of a physical sample, the method comprising:
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comparing a portion of an image of the sample with a template image of known extracorporeal blood volume indicator; tagging the portion of the image of the sample with a blood volume indicator according to the template image that is matched to the portion of the image of the sample; and estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in at least a portion of the physical sample, associated with the portion of the image of the sample, according to the blood volume indicator. - 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. A system for determining the extracorporeal blood volume in a physical sample, the system comprising:
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an optical sensor that captures an image of the physical sample; a processor that compares a portion of the image of the sample with a template image of known blood volume indicator, tags the portion of the image of the sample with a blood volume indicator according to the template image that is matched to the portion of the image of the sample, and estimates the extracorporeal blood volume in at least a portion of the physical sample, associated with the portion of the image of the sample, according to the blood volume indicator; and a display that depicts the estimated blood volume in at least the portion of the physical sample. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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