System and method for annotation on a moving image
AssigneeGiven Imaging Ltd.
InventorsGavriel Meron, Arkady Glukhovsky
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Abstract
A system and method allows for the annotation of an image stream, which may be produced by, for example, an ingestible capsule. A workstation accepts images acquired by the capsule and displays the images on a monitor as a moving image. A user inputs an annotation which corresponds to a portion of the moving image, and the annotation is recorded in a database associated with the selected portion. The annotation may include, for example, textual notes regarding the image portion. The annotations may be displayed at a later time.
Claims18
A method for annotating an image stream, the method comprising:
- accepting images acquired by a vehicle disposed within a body lumen;
- displaying the images on a monitor in the form of a moving image;
- accepting an annotation from a user, the annotation corresponding to a portion of the moving image;
- recording the annotation in a database;
- and
- associating the annotation with the portion of the moving image.
A system for storing and retrieving annotations for an image stream, the system comprising:
- an image storage memory capable of accepting a set of images acquired by a vehicle disposed within a body lumen;
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- an annotation memory capable of storing a set of annotations, each annotation associated with a subset of the set of images.
A system for storing and retrieving annotations for an image stream, the system comprising:
- an image storage means for accepting a set of images acquired by a vehicle disposed within a body lumen;
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- an annotation memory means for storing a set of annotations, each annotation associated with a subset of the set of images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.