Displaying and Manipulating Brain Function Data Including Filtering of Annotations

A computer-readable medium on which are stored machined readable and executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, implement a plurality of functions, including:

• enabling a user to apply at least one filter to a plurality of annotations, each annotation corresponding to a different temporal segment from a plurality of temporal segments of brain activity data, thereby defining at least one filtered annotation, the set of filtered annotations being a subset of the plurality of annotations;
• enabling a user to request a visual review of the set of filtered annotations;
• and
• transforming the brain activity data corresponding to each filtered annotation in the set of filtered annotations into a visual display presented to the user.

A system for enabling a clinician to review brain activity data, comprising:

• a viewing device upon which a visual display corresponding to brain activity data can be displayed;
• a processor logically coupled to the viewing device;
• and
• a memory logically coupled to the processor, the memory storing data and machine readable and executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause a plurality of functions to be carried out, including:
• filtering a plurality of annotations by enabling a user to select at least one criteria to be used to determine which of the plurality of annotations are to be included in a set of filtered annotations, the set of filtered annotations being a subset of the plurality of annotations;
• enabling the user to request a visual review of the set of filtered annotations;
• and
• transforming the brain activity data corresponding to each filtered annotation in the set of filtered annotations into a visual display that is visually presented to the user, on the viewing device.

A method for enabling a user to review brain activity data, comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of annotations, each annotation including a temporal segment of brain activity collected from a patient, the plurality of annotations including:
• annotations corresponding to a plurality of different categories;
• and
• annotations that have descriptive parameters in addition to brain activity data;
• filtering the plurality of annotations by enabling a user to select at least one criteria to be used to determine which of the plurality of annotations are to be included in a set of filtered annotations, the set of filtered annotations being a subset of the plurality of annotations, the step of enabling the user to select at least one criteria comprising the step of enabling the user to select at least one criteria from a group of criteria consisting of;
• the plurality of different categories, each different category comprising a different criteria;
• and
• a plurality of descriptive parameters, each different descriptive parameter comprising a different criteria;
• enabling a user to request a visual review of the set of filtered annotations;
• and
• transforming the brain activity data corresponding to each filtered annotation in the set of filtered annotations into a visual display that is presented to the user.