摘要:
A method for automatically determining the expected cost for a medical visit includes entering patient identification information (30); accessing the patient's medical records; entering a reason for the patient's visit (35), identifying the patient's health-care plan (50); and calculating an expected cost and payment for the medical visit.
摘要:
A medical kiosk (10) provides medical services. The medical test to be performed are determined (110). A test kit is dispensed from the medical kiosk (120). The necessary tests are performed. The test kit is decontaminated (172) and the results of the tests are recorded.
摘要:
A system for monitoring ingestion of medicine (21) comprises forming a digestible radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (10). The RFID tag is attached to the medicine. The RFID tag and medicine are ingested. A signal from the RFID tag is monitored.
摘要:
A medical kiosk (10) provides medical services. The medical test to be performed are determined (110). A test kit is dispensed from the medical kiosk (120). The necessary tests are performed. The test kit is decontaminated (172) and the results of the tests are recorded.
摘要:
A method of creating or updating a personal information device includes entering patient identification information, medical history information, current patient care plan, and patient medical preference information onto a computer (88). The patient identification information, medical history information, current patient care plan, and patient medical preference information is written or updated on the personal information device.
摘要:
A system that creates a record of an activity that involves a route including visits to a plurality of locations. The record is of an aesthetic appeal and useful for recording the specifics of the activity. The participant of the activity carries a recording device that records the coordinates of locations visited. This information is downloaded to a processing computer, and a keepsake is created.
摘要:
A photographic system for producing an enhanced photographic product is provided. The system includes a database for storing custom content for a plurality of events. The system also includes a digital image capture device for receiving a digital image and information defining the time and geographic location the digital image was captured and automatically determining if the time and the geographic information corresponds to one of the plurality of events stored in the database and a processor for producing an enhanced photographic product including the received digital image and at least a portion of the custom content corresponding to the digital image for the one of the plurality of events found in the database.
摘要:
A method for determining dental alignment of a 3-dimensional model of one or more teeth of a patient comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a radiograph of the teeth of the patient; (b) obtaining a digital image from the radiograph indicative of the dental alignment of the teeth relative to a dental arch of the patient; (c) overlaying the 3-dimensional model of the teeth with the digital image obtained from the radiograph; (d) determining vertical and horizontal mis-alignment of the teeth in the 3-dimensional model relative to the digital image obtained from the radiograph; and (e) adjusting the 3-dimensional model to correct for the mis-alignment, thereby producing an adjusted 3-dimensional model of the teeth that is corrected for the vertical and horizontal alignment of the teeth relative to the dental arch.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for making an apparatus for skin testing includes a housing with an opening which defines a field of view of a skin testing region, an image sensing apparatus, an illumination apparatus, a binding apparatus, and an image processing controller. The image sensing apparatus is positioned with respect to the housing to capture images in the field of view provided by the opening. The illumination apparatus is positioned within the housing to direct light towards a portion of the field of view provided by the opening. The binding apparatus detachably secures the housing over the skin testing region and maintains a fixed distance between the image sensing apparatus and the skin testing region. The controller is configured to analyze test samples sites in each of the captured images from the image sensing apparatus and provide a skin test result for each of the test sample sites.
摘要:
A method of comparing the size of a feature in sequential X-ray images includes the steps of: forming first and second sequential X-ray images including an image of the feature, an image of a first target located directly adjacent the feature and an image of a second target located between the object and an X-ray detector; calculating scale factors for the first and second X-ray images based on the relative sizes of the images of the first and second targets in the X-ray images; measuring the sizes of the feature in the first and second X-ray images; adjusting the measured sizes of the feature in the first and second X-ray images by the respective scale factors; and comparing the adjusted measured sizes. A computer program product for performing the method is also provided.