System and method for presentation of data streams

• US 20070060798A1
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Given Imaging Limited (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Given Imaging Limited (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Krupnik, Hagai, Horn, Eli, Meron, Gavriel
• Application Number:
  US11/226,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20070060798A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00045 Display arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0005 combining images e.g. side-by-side, superimposed or tiled
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/041 Capsule endoscopes for imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/273 for the upper alimentary canal, e.g. oesophagoscopes, gastroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/036 by means introduced into body tracts A61B5/032 and A61B5/035 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/065 Determining position of the probe employing exclusively positioning means located on or in the probe, e.g. using position sensors arranged on the probe
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10068 Endoscopic image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30028 Colon; Small intestine
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51

Abstract

An in-vivo sensing system and a method for creating a summarized graphical presentation of a data stream captured in-vivo. The graphical presentation may be in the form of a series of summarized data points, for example a color bar. The color bar may be a fixed display along side a streaming display of the data stream. A cursor, icon or other indicator may move along the fixed color bar as the data stream is displayed and/or streamed so as to indicate to a health professional what part of the data stream may be currently displayed. The color content in the color bat may map out the data stream and give indication of the location of anatomical sites as well as possible locations of pathology.

Claims

1. A method for presenting an image stream captured by an in-vivo device, the method comprising:

generating data corresponding to a level of change in scenery in said image stream;

displaying a streaming display of the image stream;

displaying a display of the level of change in scenery of said streaming display.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising displaying an indicator indicating the portion of the display of the level of change in scenery that corresponds to a current image displayed in said streaming display.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the generating of data corresponding to a level in change is in real time.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the streaming display is displayed at a varying rate that corresponds to the level of change in scenery.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the display of the level of change in scenery includes more than one color, each different color corresponding to a different level in change of scenery.

6. The method according to claim 1 comprising generating a color graphical presentation of the image stream;

and displaying said color graphical presentation.

7. The method according to claim 1 comprising comparing substantially consecutive images of said image stream;

and determining degree of overlap between said substantially consecutive images.

8. The method according to claim 7 comprising performing motion tracking between said substantially consecutive images.

9. The method according to claim 7 comprising comparing intensity of said substantially consecutive images.

10. A system for presentation of in-vivo image stream, the system comprising:

an in-vivo imaging device to capture said image stream;

a processing unit to generate a summarized presentation of said image stream; and

a display to display said image stream together with a summarized presentation corresponding to the level of change in scenery in the image stream.

11. The system according to claim 10 wherein the display includes an indicator indicating the position along said summarized presentation that corresponds to a current image of said image stream displayed.

12. The system according to claim 10 wherein said processor processes said summarized presentation in real time.

13. The system according to claim 10 wherein said display of said image stream is displayed at a varying rate that corresponds to said level of change in scenery.

14. The system according to claim 10 wherein said summarized presentation is color coded.

15. The system according to claim 10 wherein the processor is to compare two or more substantially consecutive images of said image stream;

and determine a degree of overlap between said substantially consecutive images.

16. The system according to claim 10 wherein the processor is to perform motion tracking between substantially consecutive images of said image stream.

17. A method for presentation of an image stream, said method comprising:

generating a fixed graphical presentation of the image stream wherein said presentation includes at least a varying visual representation, said visual representation varying in accordance with a level of change in the scenery in the image stream; and

displaying the fixed graphical presentation.

18. The method according to claim 17 comprising displaying a streaming display of said image stream along with said fixed presentation.

19. The method according to claim 18 comprising displaying an indicator indicating the portion of said presentation that corresponds to an image displayed in said streaming display.

20. The method according to claim 17 wherein the visual representation is a color representation.

21. The method according to claim 17 comprising comparing one or more substantially consecutive images of said image stream;

and

determining degree of overlap between said substantially consecutive images.

22. The method according to claim 21 comprising performing motion tracking between said substantially consecutive images.