Health diagnostic systems and methods

A health monitoring system, comprising:

• a computing system configured to interact with a first diagnostic test associated with a first diaper, the first diagnostic test having one or more sensors configured to produce a first at least quasi-quantitative indication of a first set of one or more analytes contained in a first portion of bodily waste excreted by a subject in a first interval of time;
• the computing system having one or more processors, a memory, and a health monitoring system program including a plurality of instructions stored in the memory that are executed by the one or more processors to:
• instruct a data acquisition device to acquire automatically one or more digital images of the first at least quasi-quantitative indication,
• determine and select automatically by the one or more processors a focused first digital image from the acquired one or more digital images of the first at least quasi-quantitative indication,
• individually color-correct first and second digital regions of the first digital image to generate a color-corrected first digital image, the first digital region corresponding to a first region of the first diagnostic test that includes a uniform color reference material and a first sensor of the one or more sensors of the first diagnostic test, the second digital region corresponding to a second region of the diagnostic test that is different from the first region and includes the reference material and a second sensor of the one or more sensors of the first diagnostic test, wherein the individual color-correction is based in part on reading and analyzing a gradient in apparent color of the reference material in the first region and accordingly color correcting the first digital region, and of the reference material in the second region and accordingly color correcting the second digital region, and
• analyze the color-corrected first digital image to produce a first data point corresponding to the first at least quasi-quantitative indication;
• the computing system being further configured to interact with a second diagnostic test associated with a second diaper, the second diagnostic test having one or more sensors configured to produce a second at least quasi-quantitative indication of a second set of one or more analytes contained in a second portion of bodily waste excreted by the subject in a second interval of time;
• and
• wherein the plurality of instructions stored in the memory are also executed by the one or more processors to instruct the data acquisition device to acquire automatically one or more digital images of the second at least quasi-quantitative indication, to determine and select automatically by the one or more processors a focused second digital image from the acquired one or more digital images of the second at least quasi-quantitative indication, and to analyze the second digital image to produce a second data point based on the second at least quasi-quantitative indication, and to send a notification if both the first and second data points correspond to an abnormal health condition of the subject.

A health monitoring system, comprising:

• a computing system configured to interact with a first diagnostic test associated with a first diaper, the first diagnostic test having one or more sensors configured to produce a first at least quasi-quantitative indication of a first set of one or more analytes contained in a first portion of bodily waste excreted by a subject in a first interval of time;
• the computing system having one or more processors, a memory, and a health monitoring system program including a plurality of instructions stored in the memory that are executed by the one or more processors to:
• instruct a data acquisition device to acquire automatically one or more digital images of the first at least quasi-quantitative indication when an alignment frame indicia associated with the data acquisition device is substantially aligned with an alignment frame indication received from the first diagnostic test,
• determine and select automatically by the one or more processors a focused first digital image from the acquired one or more digital images of the first at least quasi-quantitative indication,
• individually color-correct first and second digital regions of the first digital image to generate a color-corrected first digital image, the first digital region corresponding to a first region of the first diagnostic test that includes a uniform color reference material and a first sensor of the one or more sensors of the first diagnostic test, the second digital region corresponding to a second region of the diagnostic test that is different from the first region and includes the reference material a second sensor of the one or more sensors of the first diagnostic test, wherein the individual color-correction is based in part on reading and analyzing a gradient in apparent color of the reference material in the first region and accordingly color correcting the first digital region, and of the reference material in the second region and accordingly color correcting the second digital region, and
• analyze the color-corrected first digital image to produce a first data point corresponding to the first at least quasi-quantitative indication;
• the computing system being further configured to interact with a second diagnostic test associated with a second diaper, the second diagnostic test having one or more sensors configured to produce a second at least quasi-quantitative indication of a second set of one or more analytes contained in a second portion of bodily waste excreted by the subject in a second interval of time;
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• wherein the plurality of instructions stored in the memory are also executed by the one or more processors to instruct the data acquisition device to acquire automatically one or more digital images of the second at least quasi-quantitative indication, to determine and select automatically by the one or more processors a focused second digital image from the acquired one or more digital images of the second at least quasi-quantitative indication, and to analyze the second digital image to produce a second data point based on the second at least quasi-quantitative indication, and to send a notification if both the first and second data points correspond to an abnormal health condition of the subject.