Method and device for simplifying information obtained from electrical impedance tomography
First Claim
1. A method to generate and display a simplified representation of 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 data to detect one or more of a major condition, trend, or event therefrom;
defining at least one region of interest of a lung from the EIT data, the at least one region of interest comprising a set of two or more pixels determined to have in common the major condition, trend, or event detected from analyzing the EIT data, wherein at least some pixels of the set have different impedance values; and
generating and displaying a graphical representation of the lung of the EIT data on an electronic display, the graphical representation of the lung displayed with a common visual feature over the at least one region of interest that overrides display of impedance information of each individual pixel within the at least one region of interest.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to simplify information obtained through electrical impedance tomography, the 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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1. A method to generate and display a simplified representation of 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 of a major condition, trend, or event therefrom; defining at least one region of interest of a lung from the EIT data, the at least one region of interest comprising a set of two or more pixels determined to have in common the major condition, trend, or event detected from analyzing the EIT data, wherein at least some pixels of the set have different impedance values; and generating and displaying a graphical representation of the lung of the EIT data on an electronic display, the graphical representation of the lung displayed with a common visual feature over the at least one region of interest that overrides display of impedance information of each individual pixel within the at least one region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. 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; an electronic display; a processor operably coupled with the EIT apparatus and the electronic display, and configured to; define at least one region of interest responsive to processing the EIT data, each region of interest including two or more pixels having a common major condition, trend, or event; and generate and display output images of a lung on the electronic display including overriding the impedance information of the two or more pixels within the at least one region of interest with a graphical representation that is substantially uniform visually including for pixels within the at least one region of interest having different underlying impedance values. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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