3D Organ Mapping with Region-Specific Graphic Attributes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical professionals face difficulties in comprehending large amounts of information during procedures like heart mapping due to visual overload from complex three-dimensional electrophysiological data displays.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for creating a three-dimensional map of a body organ, allowing users to delineate a selected region with altered graphic attributes, reducing visual information and enhancing focus on critical areas by separating it from a non-selected region with unchanged attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a three-dimensional map displays all electrophysiological data of the body organ, then the completeness of information is improved, but the visual overload increases making comprehension difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The map display is segmented into multiple selectable regions, allowing the professional to divide the complex electrophysiological data into manageable portions. Each region can be independently analyzed, reducing visual overload while maintaining access to complete information through sequential or comparative viewing of different regions.
Solution Approach 2:
Different graphic attributes are applied to different regions of the map based on their significance or state. Selected regions receive enhanced visual treatment (different colors, transparency levels, or graphical overlays) to highlight critical electrophysiological features, while non-selected regions maintain standard display, allowing selective emphasis without losing overall context.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the graphic attributes of all map elements are displayed uniformly, then the consistency of information presentation is improved, but the ability to highlight critical regions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different graphic attributes (color, transparency, size, or type of representation) to map elements within selected regions versus non-selected regions. This allows critical areas to be visually distinguished through local modifications while the overall map structure and non-critical areas maintain consistent display, enabling both highlighting and contextual preservation.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphic attributes of map elements are made dynamic and adjustable based on user selection. Professionals can interactively select different regions and modify their visual representation in real-time, allowing the display to adapt between uniform and differentiated states as needed for different analytical purposes.
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AI summary
A method for mapping a body organ, including receiving a three-dimensional (3D) map of the body organ having a multiplicity of map elements, each map element having a graphic attribute indicative of a local property of the body organ. The method further includes delineating a selected region of the map, so that the map is divided into the selected region and a non-selected region. The 3D map is displayed while the graphic attribute of the map elements specifically within the selected region are altered.