Imaging system and method for control and diagnostics within mechanical ventilation

A ventilator system apparatus with ventilation circuit component tracking configured to provide ventilation during a ventilation application, the apparatus comprising:

• a ventilator source having an output port configured to output a ventilation gas, wherein the output port is configured to be coupled via a first plurality of ventilation components in a ventilation circuit (34) between the ventilator source and a patient;
• a camera configured to capture images of at least two or more of (i) the ventilator source, (ii) one or more component of the first plurality of ventilation components, and (iii) the patient;
• a database of multiview images of at least a second plurality of ventilation components pre-approved for use with at least the ventilator source;
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• a controller operatively coupled to the ventilator source, the camera, and the database, wherein the controller includes at least (i) a control module, (ii) a component recognition and identification module, (iii) a component tracking module configured to track targets within a plurality of real-time images captured via the camera and to detect at least one change in tracked targets, and (iv) a ventilation compensation module,
• wherein the control module is configured to control an operation of the ventilator source with operating parameters determined as a function of at least (i) a gas composition algorithm, (ii) an output of the component recognition and identification module, and (iii) an output of the ventilation compensation module determined as a function of an output of the component tracking module, wherein responsive to the operating parameters, the ventilator source outputs the ventilation gas with one or more ventilation properties.