TELEMEDICINE VISUAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION

摘要

A system for providing telemedicine support with structured illumination and related methods is described. The telemedicine system provides two-way audio visual communication between a patient and a remote caregiver, as well as controllable illumination of the patient of that can be remotely adjusted to enhance medically-relevant information that can be derived from images of the patient. In various aspects, lighting system parameters including but not limited to intensity, light pulse duration, spectral content, divergence or convergence and polarization can be adjusted. In some aspects, parameters of the imaging system such as filtration, pan, tilt, or zoom of the imaging system can be adjusted. In addition to providing two-way communication and controllable illumination capability, telemedicine systems as described herein may include various diagnostic or medical treatment devices.

主权项

1. A method of providing remote visualization of a subject comprising:
acquiring a first image of at least a portion of a subject at a first location at a first lighting condition with an imaging system located at the first location under control of electrical control circuitry; transmitting the acquired first image to a second location remote from the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry; receiving a lighting control signal for controlling an adjustment to a lighting condition at the first location from the second location under control of the electrical control circuitry; adjusting at least one controllable light source at the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry to provide a second lighting condition responsive to receiving the lighting control signal for controlling the adjustment to the lighting condition at the first location; acquiring a second image of the at least a portion of the subject at the first location at the second lighting condition with the imaging system located at the first location under control of the electrical control circuitry; and transmitting the acquired second image to the second location under control of the electrical control circuitry; wherein at least one of the first image and the second image contains information indicative of a health status of the subject.