Computerized ECG Interpretation With Color-Coded Waveform Segments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computerized electrocardiogram interpretation systems provide unconfirmed results that require physician review, necessitating a deeper understanding of the basis for accurate clinical diagnosis.
Innovation Solution
An electrocardiogram interpretation system that highlights segments of interest on a display with colors corresponding to condition types or statuses, accompanied by textual information, to facilitate physician understanding and independent diagnosis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If computerized interpretation is provided without visual highlighting, then the system maintains simplicity in display design, but the physician's understanding of the basis for CI results is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by highlighting specific ECG waveform segments with different colors to indicate abnormal findings. The display system assigns colors to different CI results and their corresponding waveform segments, enabling physicians to quickly identify and understand the basis for computerized interpretation without overwhelming visual complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the ECG waveform into distinct portions and highlights only those segments relevant to specific CI findings. This segmentation approach allows the system to present detailed information about the basis for interpretation while maintaining display simplicity by focusing attention on specific waveform portions rather than the entire trace
2Loss of information
If detailed textual information is provided for all CI metrics, then the physician gains comprehensive understanding, but the information presentation becomes overwhelming and difficult to process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing detailed textual information specifically at the locations of highlighted waveform segments rather than uniformly across the entire display. Each highlighted segment has associated textual information that explains its significance, allowing physicians to access comprehensive understanding at relevant points while maintaining overall display clarity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual highlighting as an intermediary between the raw ECG waveform and the detailed textual interpretation. The highlighted segments serve as visual cues that guide physicians to specific areas where textual information is provided, mediating between the complexity of the full interpretation and the need for easy information processing
3Loss of information
If the system highlights all waveform segments with colors, then complete information about condition types and statuses is provided, but the visual display becomes cluttered and reduces clarity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and highlights only those waveform segments that correspond to abnormal CI findings rather than coloring all segments. This selective extraction approach ensures that complete information about pathological conditions is provided through targeted highlighting, while maintaining visual display clarity by leaving normal segments unhighlighted
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AI summary
An electrocardiogram interpretation system includes a display and a user interface. A processor receives an ECG including a waveform of electrical activity of a patient's heart and analyzes the waveform to calculate computerized interpretation metrics and detect at least one segment of the waveform corresponding to a behavior associated with a condition of the patient's heart and categorize a type of the condition and a status of the condition selected from a group including at least normal and abnormal with the computerized interpretation metrics. The processor generates, on the display, the waveform and highlight the at least one segment with a color selected from a plurality of colors, each color of the plurality of colors corresponding to the type of condition or the status of the condition. The processor generates, on the display, textual information that includes the type of condition or the status of the condition.