System and method for assessing a patient condition using tertiles derived from capsule endoscope images of the small bowel

US8185185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Given Imaging LTD. · IL

Inventors

• Mark Gilreath · Alpharetta, US
• Blair Lewis · West Babylon, US
• Mordechai Frisch · Moreshet, IL
• Deborah Mutter · Duluth, US
• Hagit Ephrath · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
• Eddie Rudyk · Haifa, IL
• Alan Klevens · Roswell, US
• Tal Davidson · Yoqneam Illit, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2007
• Grant date: May 22, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30028
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed, which combine image data of a patient, such as images of the patient's GI tract, with rating mucosal damage. According to some embodiments of the present invention the system and method are able to assess a patient's GI tract condition, to monitor mucosal healing in a patient's GI tract, preferably, the small bowel (SB) mucosa and/or to differentiate between different pathological conditions. The system and method of the invention can provide a value or score arrived at by assigning a grade relating to one or more predetermined parameters.