Representative emulation of organ behavior
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l.
InventorsEitan Oren, Kobi Segev, Avinoam Romano, Itay Kariv, Rohan More, Alex Peleg, Alon Izmirli
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Abstract
A method for emulating prerecorded images may comprise acquiring at least one organ timing signal reading representing an activity state of an organ with at least one organ timing signal detector, acquiring a plurality of images with a medical imaging system, associating each of the plurality of images with an organ timing signal reading, removing any of the organ timing signal readings and associated images that are not representative of a normal organ configuration, and outputting a sequence of the representative images for a display.
Claims19
A control unit for a system for displaying looped images, the control unit configured to be coupled with a medical imaging system, the control unit comprising:
- a computer-readable memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- associate each of a plurality of two dimensional images of an organ acquired from the medical imaging system with a respective activity state of the organ;
- assess whether one or more of the plurality of two dimensional images is representative of a normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state;
- and
- output, for a display, a set of looped images that comprises each of the plurality of two-dimensional images that is representative of the normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state and excludes each of the plurality of two-dimensional images that is not representative of the normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state;
- wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to further:
- associate each of the plurality of two dimensional images with a respective organ timing signal portion;
- assess one or more of the respective organ timing signal portions to assess whether one or more of the plurality of two dimensional images is representative of the normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state;
- determine a respective cycle index for each organ timing signal portion;
- and
- assess one or more of the respective cycle indices to assess whether one or more of the plurality of two dimensional images is representative of the normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state.
A method for emulating prerecorded images comprising:
- acquiring at least one organ timing signal reading representing an activity state of an organ with at least one organ timing signal detector;
- acquiring a plurality of images with a medical imaging system;
- associating each of the plurality of images with an organ timing signal reading;
- removing any of the organ timing signal readings and associated images that are not representative of a normal organ configuration;
- and
- outputting a sequence of the representative images for a display;
- wherein the method further comprises:
- determining a respective cycle index for each organ timing signal reading;
- and
- assessing one or more of the respective cycle indices to assess whether one or more of the plurality of images is representative of the normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state.
A system for emulating prerecorded images, comprising:
- at least one organ timing signal detector configured to acquire at least one organ timing signal reading, said organ timing signal reading representing an activity state of an organ;
- a medical imaging system for acquiring a plurality of images;
- and
- a control unit, coupled with the organ timing signal detector and with the medical imaging system, wherein the control unit is configured to associate each of the plurality of images with a respective organ timing signal reading, and wherein the control unit is configured to record an output of the organ timing signal detectors and to produce only representative images by analyzing the output and removing any of the organ timing signals readings and the associated images that do not conform to a representative organ state, and further wherein the control unit is configured to send only representative images to a display system by corresponding the associated image with the received organ timing signal reading;
- and further wherein the control unit is configured to:
- determine a respective cycle index for each organ timing signal reading;
- and assess one or more of the respective cycle indices to assess whether one or more of the plurality of images is representative of a normal configuration of the organ at the respective activity state.
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