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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2007
Mark G. Gilreath, Cumming, GA (US);
Blair Lewis, NY, NY (US);
Mordechai Frisch, Moreshet, IL;
Deborah Mutter, Duluth, GA (US);
Hagit Ephrath, Karkur, IL;
Eddie Rudyk, Haifa, IL;
Alan I. Klevens, Roswell, GA (US);
Tal Davidson, Yoqneam Illit, IL;
Mark G. Gilreath, Cumming, GA (US);
Blair Lewis, NY, NY (US);
Mordechai Frisch, Moreshet, IL;
Deborah Mutter, Duluth, GA (US);
Hagit Ephrath, Karkur, IL;
Eddie Rudyk, Haifa, IL;
Alan I. Klevens, Roswell, GA (US);
Tal Davidson, Yoqneam Illit, IL;
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
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.