Marking and tracking an area of interest during endoscopy
AssigneeCerner Innovation, Inc.
InventorsAlan Harris Staples, II, Karen Kaye Ramsey, Bryan Michael Hunt
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Abstract
An area of interest of a patient's organ may be identified based on the presence of a possible lesion during an endoscopic procedure. The location of the area of interest may then be tracked relative to the camera view being displayed to the endoscopist in real-time or near real-time during the endoscopic procedure. If the area of interest is visually marked on the display, the visual marking is moved with the area of interest as it moves within the camera view. If the area of interest moves outside the camera view, a directional indicator may be displayed to indicate the location of the area of interest relative to the camera view to assist the endoscopist in relocating the area of interest.
Claims20
One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing computer usable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- identifying an area of interest of a patient's organ within images captured during an endoscopic procedure;
- providing a visual marker identifying the area of interest within displayed images of a camera view being viewed by an endoscopist;
- tracking a location of the area of interest relative to the camera view during the endoscopic procedure;
- determining the location of the area of interest has changed relative to the camera view;
- determining if the area of interest remains within the camera view;
- if the area of interest remains within the camera view, moving the visual marker based on the change in the location of the area of interest;
- and
- if the area of interest has moved outside of the camera view, providing a visual directional marker based on the location of the area of interest relative to the camera view.
A method in a clinical computing environment for tracking an area of interest of a patient's organ during an endoscopic procedure, the method comprising:
- identifying the area of interest within a camera view during the endoscopic procedure;
- determining the area of interest has moved outside the camera view during the endoscopic procedure;
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- displaying a directional indication on displayed images identifying a location of the area of interest relative to the camera view during the endoscopic procedure.
A system in a clinical computing environment for tracking an area of interest of a patient's organ during an endoscopic procedure, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more non-transitory computer storage media storing instructions to cause the one or more processors to:
- identify the area of interest within a camera view during the endoscopic procedure,
- determine the area of interest has moved outside the camera view during the endoscopic procedure, and
- display a directional indication on displayed images identifying a location of the area of interest relative to the camera view during the endoscopic procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.