Methods of processing data obtained from medical device
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of processing data derived from a sensor disposed on a autonomous intestinal probe, said data having been generated while said probe moved autonomously through the intestinal tract of a living being and in response to exposure of a portion of the intestinal tract with electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength, the method comprising:
- receiving the data at a computerized device comprising a display device, a processor and at least one computer program configured to run on the processor; and
processing at least a portion of said received data using at least said processor and said at least one computer program, said processing comprising;
evaluating the at least a portion using said at least one computer program to identify at least a first portion of the received data that is likely of most interest to a human reviewer, the identification based at least in part on analysis of a plurality of image portions associated with the data; and
presenting at least some of said first portion to the human reviewer via the display device as a preview.
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Abstract
Computerized information processing methods for processing data from a medical device, such as an ingestible probe. In one embodiment, the method includes processing data obtained by the probe so as to produce a plurality of image frames, and further processing the frames to identify a plurality of frames of potential interest to a reviewer based on at least an evaluation of portions of the frame(s) such as pixels or groups of pixels, and using the identified frames to form a preview of the entire data set. In one implementation, the processing of the data includes processing of pixel intensity and/or color (which can be correlated to various physiologic conditions) to help identify the frames of potential interest.
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1. A method of processing data derived from a sensor disposed on a autonomous intestinal probe, said data having been generated while said probe moved autonomously through the intestinal tract of a living being and in response to exposure of a portion of the intestinal tract with electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength, the method comprising:
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receiving the data at a computerized device comprising a display device, a processor and at least one computer program configured to run on the processor; and processing at least a portion of said received data using at least said processor and said at least one computer program, said processing comprising; evaluating the at least a portion using said at least one computer program to identify at least a first portion of the received data that is likely of most interest to a human reviewer, the identification based at least in part on analysis of a plurality of image portions associated with the data; and presenting at least some of said first portion to the human reviewer via the display device as a preview. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of processing data derived from a sensor disposed on a autonomous intestinal probe, said data having been generated while said probe moved autonomously through the intestinal tract of a living being, the method configured to enhance an efficiency of review of the data by a human reviewer, the method comprising:
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receiving the data at a computerized device comprising a display device, a processor, and at least one computer program configured to run on the processor; and processing at least a portion of said received data using at least said processor and said at least one computer program, said processing comprising; generating a plurality of frames from said at least portion of said received data; processing a plurality of pixels associated with at least some of said plurality of frames using said at least one computer program to select a subset of said plurality of frames that are likely to be of most interest to the reviewer, said selection of the subset based at least in part on said processing identifying a plurality of pixels having a prescribed characteristic; and generating a display on the display device, the display comprising at least a portion of said subset of frames displayed simultaneously in respective ones of different regions of a display region of the monitor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of processing data derived from a sensor disposed on a swallowable intestinal probe, said data having been generated while said probe moved through the intestinal tract of a living being, the method comprising:
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receiving the data at a computerized device comprising a processor and at least one computer program configured to run on the processor; and processing at least a portion of said received data using at least said processor and said at least one computer program, said processing comprising; generating a plurality of frames from said at least portion of said received data; using said at least one computer program to analyze said plurality of frames to identify a subset of said plurality of frames of potential interest to a user of the computerized device, the identification of the subset based at least in part on recognition of a prescribed pattern of pixel intensity or color in at least one of the frames of the subset; and generating a display on a monitor associated with the computerized device, the display comprising at least a portion of said subset of frames displayed in a sequence. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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