Apparatus and method to support monitoring of a patient

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12348905-B2
Application number	US-202217942509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2022
Priority date	Sep 13, 2021
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

A monitoring system for monitoring a patient in an examination space of an imaging apparatus may include an interface, a computing device and an output device. The interface can receive process data of the imaging examination and transfer it to the computing device. The computing device may process the process data and control the output device to provide an item of information of the imaging examination based on the process data. The monitoring system enables visual monitoring of the patient and of the item of information using the output device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring system for monitoring a patient in an examination space of an imaging apparatus, comprising:
an interface configured to receive process data in respect of an imaging examination, the process data including optical image data of a plurality of cameras;
a computing device configured to:
process the process data received from the interface, the processing of the process data including determining a position of the patient relative to the imaging apparatus and determining, based on the position of the patient relative to the imaging apparatus, a primary camera of the plurality of cameras, and

control an output device to provide information corresponding to the imaging examination based on the process data; and
the output device that is configured to generate a visual representation of the information based on the process data to enable visual monitoring of the patient and of the information corresponding to the imaging examination, the generation of the visual representation of the information including outputting images of the primary camera.

2. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output device comprises a projector configured to project the information corresponding to the imaging examination onto a monitoring window of the examination space, the monitoring window being configured to enable a user of the imaging apparatus to view the patient in the examination space, and wherein the computing device is configured to control the output device to overlay the information, using the projector, on a field of vision of the user through the monitoring window.

3. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the output device further comprises a transparent screen configured to enable the user to view the examination space through the transparent screen, and wherein the computing device is configured to control the output device to overlay the information, using the transparent screen, on the field of vision of the user through the transparent screen.

4. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output device includes a transparent screen configured to enable a user of the imaging apparatus to view the examination space through the transparent screen, and wherein the computing device is configured to control the output device to overlay the information, using the transparent screen, on a field of vision of the user through the transparent screen.

5. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising: a camera positioned in the examination space and configured to capture optical image data of the patient in the examination space and transfer the captured optical image data to the interface, wherein the computing device is configured to create one or more images of the patient based on the captured optical image data.

6. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the output device comprises a screen and wherein the computing device is configured to provide the one or more images of the patient in the examination space using the screen.

7. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one sensor positioned in the examination space of the imaging apparatus and configured to capture the process data from the examination space, wherein the interface is configured to receive the process data from the at least one sensor and transfer the received process data to the computing device, the information being based on the process data of the at least one sensor.

8. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one sensor is configured to capture, as the process data:
a medical parameter of the patient,
a parameter of an imaging-relevant component, and/or
a measured value of a medical device.

9. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interface comprises a signal link to the imaging apparatus and is configured to receive the process data from the imaging apparatus and transfer the received process data to the computing device, wherein the process data relates to a parameter of the imaging examination and/or an item of patient information.

10. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computing device is configured to:
provide a plurality of items of information corresponding to the imaging examination, using the output device, and
adjust a type, an arrangement and/or an instant of the provided plurality of items of information based on the process data.

11. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging apparatus is a medical device configured to capture image data of a body region of the patient.

12. A method for providing information, using a monitoring system, of an imaging examination of a patient using an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving process data using an interface, including receiving optical image data of a plurality of cameras;
processing the process data using a computing device, including determining a position of the patient relative to the imaging apparatus and determining, based on the position of the patient relative to the imaging apparatus, a primary camera of the plurality of cameras; and
controlling, using the computing device, an output device to:
generate a visual representation of the information of the imaging examination based on the process data; and
provide the visual representation of the information as an output of the monitoring system, including outputting images of the primary camera using the output device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:
the process data comprises:
optical image data from the examination space,
an item of patient information,
a medical parameter of the patient, and/or
a parameter of the imaging examination;

processing the process data comprises determining a priority of the process data; and
providing the visual representation of the information based on the determined priority.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:
processing the process data comprises correlating optical image data with further process data; and
providing the visual representation of the information comprises overlaying a predetermined field of view of the output device with a graphical representation of the further process data based on the correlated process data.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:
receiving process data comprises acquiring a parameter of the imaging examination;
processing the process data comprises determining an item of time information of a procedure of the imaging examination based on the parameter of the imaging examination; and
providing the visual representation of the information comprises providing the ascertained item of time information based on the procedure of the imaging examination.

16. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, which includes program code and can be loaded directly into a memory of a computing device of a monitoring system, when executed by the computing device, causes the computing device to perform the method of claim 12 .

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, that when executed, instructs a processor to perform the method of claim 12 .

18. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the imaging apparatus is a medical device configured to capture image data of a body region of the patient.

19. A monitoring system for monitoring a patient in an examination space of an imaging apparatu

Assignees

• Siemens Healthineers Ag

Inventors

• Nufer Stephan
• Horn Felix

Classifications

• G02B2027/0141

  characterised by the informative content of the display · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G02B2027/0138

  comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera · CPC title

• G02B27/0101

  characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B5/742

  using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339) · CPC title