Internal and external proximate scanning
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorSarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to internal and external scanning. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a first set of data from an ingestible scanning device inside a body, identifying a first point of interest within the body based on the data, determining a location of a first point of interest within the body, and scanning the point of interest with an external scanning device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a first set of data from an ingestible scanner inside a body of a patient;
- identifying a point of interest within the body based on the first set of data;
- determining a location of the point of interest within the body;
- directing an external scanner to the point of interest identified with the first set of data from the ingestible scanner based on the location;
- and
- scanning the point of interest with an external scanner.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
- receive a first set of data from an ingestible scanner inside a body of a patient;
- identify a point of interest within the body based on the first set of data;
- determine a location of the point of interest within the body;
- directing an external scanner to the point of interest identified with the first set of data from the ingestible scanner based on the location;
- and
- scan the point of interest with an external scanner.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a first set of data from an ingestible scanner inside a body of a patient;
- identifying a point of interest within the body based on the first set of data;
- determining a location of the point of interest within the body;
- directing an external scanner to the point of interest identified with the first set of data from the ingestible scanner based on the location;
- and
- scanning the point of interest with an external scanner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.