Interactive Fibroid Mapping for Real-Time Treatment Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical treatments for uterine fibroids lack efficient systems for dynamically interacting with fibroid and treatment data, leading to suboptimal treatment planning and execution.
Innovation Solution
An interactive treatment mapping and planning system that aggregates fibroid and treatment data, generates visual representations, and provides real-time updates, enabling users to develop efficient treatment plans and interact with treatment devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional static treatment planning methods are used, then device complexity is reduced, but treatment planning efficiency and accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic treatment mapping that automatically updates as treatment progresses. The system continuously tracks needle position relative to fibroid targets and recalculates treatment plans in real-time, transforming static planning into an adaptive, evolving process that maintains optimality throughout the procedure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates continuous feedback loops where treatment data from imaging and sensor devices is fed back into the planning algorithm. This feedback mechanism allows the system to compare actual treatment outcomes with predicted outcomes and automatically adjust subsequent treatment steps to optimize results.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive treatment data aggregation is implemented, then treatment accuracy is improved, but information processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary aggregation and organization of treatment data from multiple sources (imaging devices, sensor devices, treatment devices) before treatment begins. Treatment maps are pre-computed and ready for immediate use, eliminating the need for time-consuming data processing during the actual treatment procedure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual data processing and analysis with automated computational algorithms. The system automatically integrates data from multiple devices, processes imaging information, calculates treatment parameters, and generates updated plans without requiring manual intervention, thereby maintaining high accuracy while minimizing processing time.
3Reliability
If real-time dynamic interaction with treatment data is provided, then decision-making quality is enhanced, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates simplified visual representations and models of complex treatment data through treatment maps. These maps provide intuitive graphical displays of needle positions, fibroid locations, and treatment progress, allowing clinicians to make informed decisions without being overwhelmed by raw data complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface is designed to serve multiple functions within a unified system. The same interface displays treatment maps, tracks device positions, monitors treatment parameters, and allows plan modification, eliminating the need for multiple separate tools and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
4Reliability
If multiple fibroids are tracked and compared dynamically, then treatment completeness is improved, but computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the treatment of multiple fibroids into discrete, manageable segments represented as individual targets on the treatment map. Each fibroid can be tracked and treated independently while maintaining overall treatment coordination, allowing efficient resource allocation and reduced computational burden compared to treating all fibroids as a single complex problem.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates rapid, thorough, and efficient treatment planning by reducing mental workload, improving accuracy, and enhancing decision-making through dynamic user interfaces.
Implementation Method 1
the device includes an ultrasonic imaging array with an adjustable field of view
Data Source
AI summary
An interactive treatment mapping and planning system enables a user to more quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently aggregate fibroid and/or treatment information from a user and/or one or more sets of databases, construct a fibroid map providing a visual representation of the aggregated fibroid information, generate information from the aggregated information about the fibroid to be treated and/or treatment procedure, develop a treatment plan based on the fibroid and/or treatment procedure information, provide real-time information gathered from treatment devices during the treatment procedure, and allow the user to interact with the treatment data.