Capsule Endoscope Image Display Prioritizing Abnormal Position Estimation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display devices for capsule endoscopes lack efficient methods to prioritize and accurately position abnormal images within the body, leading to delayed radiogram interpretation and inefficient diagnosis.
Innovation Solution
An image display device that includes a memory unit for storing internal body image data and position information, a position information acquisition unit for estimating the capsule endoscope's position, a determination unit for identifying images meeting predetermined conditions, and a preferential process control unit to prioritize position estimation on abnormal images, enabling early radiogram interpretation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If position estimation process is performed on all internal body images, then complete position information is acquired, but processing time increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The determination unit performs preliminary analysis on all internal body images to identify abnormal images before the position estimation process. This preliminary classification allows the preferential process control unit to prioritize position estimation only for abnormal images, reducing overall processing time while ensuring accurate position information is acquired for diagnostically important images
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of performing position estimation on all internal body images (excessive action), the system performs position estimation preferentially only on abnormal images identified by the determination unit (partial action). This selective approach reduces processing time while maintaining sufficient position information accuracy for diagnostic purposes
2Loss of information
If position estimation is performed on all images, then comprehensive position data is obtained, but radiogram interpretation time is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The determination unit performs preliminary identification of abnormal images before position estimation. This allows the system to prepare position information for the most diagnostically important images in advance, enabling faster radiogram interpretation without sacrificing necessary position information completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different processing quality levels to different images: high-priority position estimation is performed on abnormal images (local quality enhancement), while position estimation on normal images is deferred or performed with lower priority. This localized quality differentiation improves overall interpretation efficiency while maintaining necessary information completeness
3Ease of operation
If all images are processed equally, then uniform processing is maintained, but abnormal images are not prioritized leading to delayed diagnosis
Solution Approach 1:
The preferential process control unit implements local quality differentiation by prioritizing position estimation processing for abnormal images identified by the determination unit. This allows the system to maintain uniform processing for normal images while applying enhanced priority processing to abnormal images, reducing diagnosis time without compromising processing consistency for routine cases
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts processing priority based on image characteristics. The determination unit continuously evaluates images to identify abnormalities, and the preferential process control unit dynamically reorders the processing queue to prioritize abnormal images. This dynamic adaptation maintains operational simplicity while significantly reducing diagnosis time for critical cases
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AI summary
An image display device includes: a memory unit that stores internal body image data acquired via a receiver from a capsule endoscope taking internal body image of a subject and information that is associated with the internal body image data and related to a position of the capsule endoscope within the subject; a position information acquisition unit that performs a position estimation process based on the information related to the position to acquire position information of the capsule endoscope at imaging each of the internal body images; a preferential image determination unit that determines whether each of the internal body images meets a predetermined condition; and a preferential process control unit that controls the position information acquisition unit to perform the position estimation process preferentially on the internal body image determined to meet the predetermined condition by the preferential image determination unit.