Recognition of partially digested medications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam J. Green, Brian W. Hart, Anil Kalavakolanu, Douglas Griffith, Callum Foshee
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for recognition of partially digested medications are provided. Aspects include receiving an image depicting regurgitated stomach contents of an individual and obtaining medical data regarding the individual. Aspects also include analyzing the image, by a recognition model, to identify one or more pills depicted in the image and a percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested. Aspects further include performing an action based on the medical data, the identification of the one or more pill and the percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested.
Claims20
A method for recognition of partially digested medications comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an image depicting regurgitated stomach contents of an individual;
- obtaining medical data regarding the individual;
- analyzing, by the processor, the image, by a recognition model, to identify one or more pills depicted in the image and a percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested;
- and
- performing, by the processor, an action based on the medical data, the identification of the one or more pill and the percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested.
A system for recognition of partially digested medications, comprising:
- a memory having computer readable instructions;
- and
- a processor for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions including instructions for:
- obtaining medical data regarding an individual;
- analyzing an image, by a recognition model, to identify one or more pills depicted in the image and a percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested;
- and
- performing an action based on the medical data, the identification of the one or more pill and the percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to perform a method, comprising:
- receiving an image depicting regurgitated stomach contents of an individual;
- obtaining medical data regarding the individual;
- analyzing the image, by a recognition model, to identify one or more pills depicted in the image and a percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested;
- and
- performing an action based on the medical data, the identification of the one or more pill and the percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.