Medical Data Navigation via Anatomical Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for analyzing large medical datasets, such as those from clinical trials, fail to preserve anatomical and physiological integrity, making it difficult to efficiently search and evaluate data, particularly for conditions like psoriatic arthritis where joint location affects treatment response.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that uses graphical representations of the human body, interactive buttons, and context menus to allow users to explore medical datasets in anatomical context, enabling detailed analysis of patient data through matrices and statistical quantities, and allowing for disease and medication selection to visualize temporal disease progression.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional patient level data analysis methods are used, then data can be processed in large volumes, but anatomical and physiological integrity is lost and data search becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large medical dataset into anatomically organized components by creating a graphical representation of the human body with selectable body parts. Each body part serves as a segmented container for related medical data, allowing users to access specific anatomical regions without processing the entire dataset. This segmentation preserves anatomical integrity while improving search efficiency through hierarchical data organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms traditional tabular patient-level data into a spatially organized graphical representation with multiple dimensions: anatomical location (body parts), data type (measurements, images, notes), and temporal information. This dimensional transformation allows users to navigate data through spatial selection rather than linear searching, preserving anatomical relationships while enabling efficient access to specific data subsets.
2Reliability
If comprehensive medical data is collected for all patients, then complete clinical information is available, but data evaluation becomes impractical due to the sheer volume and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and displays only the clinically relevant data subset based on user selection of specific body parts and patient conditions. Rather than requiring users to evaluate all comprehensive medical data, the system extracts and presents only the measurements, images, and notes related to the selected anatomical region, making data evaluation practical while maintaining access to the complete dataset when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a dynamic data display system that adapts to user needs by allowing real-time selection and filtering of body parts and data types. The graphical representation and associated data panels dynamically update based on user interactions, enabling practitioners to efficiently evaluate comprehensive data by progressively drilling down into relevant subsets rather than statically presenting all information at once.
3Loss of information
If detailed anatomical data is displayed for each body part, then anatomical context is preserved, but the interface complexity increases with more elements to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing detailed anatomical data and controls only for the currently selected body part rather than displaying all possible data types for all body parts simultaneously. Each body part in the graphical representation can be independently selected to reveal its specific data panel, reducing interface complexity while preserving anatomical context for the active region. Unused body parts remain in a simplified state.
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AI summary
The invention comprises a computer-implemented method comprising the steps of providing a medical dataset with data of a plurality of patients and pertaining to at least one disease, associating the data in the dataset with corresponding parts of the human body, to which the data pertains, displaying, on a display device, a graphical representation of the human body (1) or of a part of the human body, displaying, on the display device, a plurality of activatable buttons (2) associated with different parts of said graphical representation (1), receiving a user input activating one of the plurality of activatable buttons (2), and based on the activation, displaying, on the display device, a graphical representation of the data (4) associated with that part of the human body, to which the activatable button (2) activated by the user input pertains.