Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Given Imaging Ltd.

Ori Hay

Shlomo Gotman

Dori Peleg

Stas Rozenfeld

Moran Horesh

Ron Nadiv

Methods for capturing and transmitting images by an in-vivo device comprise operating a pixel array in a superpixel readout mode to capture probe image, for example, according to a time interval. Concurrently to capturing of each probe image, the probe image is evaluated alone or in conjunction with other probe image(s), and if it is determined that no event of interest is detected by the last probe image, or by the last few probe images, the pixel array is operated in the superpixel readout mode and a subsequent probe image is captured. However, if it is determined that the last probe image, or the last few probe images, detected an event of interest, the pixel array is operated in a single pixel readout mode and a single normal image, or a series of normal image, is captured and transmitted, for example, to an external receiver.

Methods and systems for controlling images capturing and transmission rate in an in-vivo device

Information indicative of multiple regions of the anatomy of a patient (), such as one or more of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis, is obtained in a single scan. A plurality of studies () are generated. Each study definition includes a region of the patient's anatomy () and a study protocol. Each study () includes () images generated using information from the scan and the value of the imaging parameter.

Method and apparatus for generating multiple studies

A technique for use in angiography includes obtaining data from a tracking scan following injection of a contrast agent according to a test injection profile. A region of interest () is established. The data from the tracking scan, the test injection profile, and the measured enhancement of the region of interest () are used to establish a patient function at the region of interest. The patient function and a desired enhancement profile () are used to establish a desired clinical injection profile. The desired clinical injection profile is communicated to a contrast injector () via an electrical injector interface.

Method and apparatus for predicting enhancement in angiography

A current diagnostic image and an archived diagnostic image of a common region of patient are loaded into a first memory () and a second memory (). The diagnostic images are converted into feature images (), scaled (), and normalized (). An affine transform determining processor () generates an affine transform representative of the error between the current and archived images. A transform operator () operates on one of the diagnostic images in accordance with the affine transform to bring the two images into registration. A display processor () displays corresponding pairs of slices of the registered first and second images on a monitor (). A stepping processor () causes the displayed slice pairs of the registered images to be stepped together in coordination.

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Ori Hay