Patent ID: 7510525
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A topical nerve diagnostic system with the use of a computer, comprising: a first data recording part storing data of a whole nerve pathway diagram; a first input part for receiving input data of neural findings; a first data extraction part configured for extracting, from the data stored in said first data recording part, data for drawing associated nerve pathways related to abnormal neural findings according to neural finding data inputted through said first input part; a display; a whole nerve pathway indication part configured for displaying a whole nerve pathway diagram on said display based on the data stored in said first data recording part; an associated nerve pathway indication part configured for drawing, based on the data extracted by said first data extraction part, associated nerve pathways in the whole nerve pathway diagram displayed on said display an associated lesion estimation and indication part configured for calculating, based on the associated nerve pathways drawn on said display by said associated nerve pathway indication part, a position of each of associated lesions and indicating the associated lesions in the whole nerve pathway diagram; wherein the data stored in said first data recording part contains data of names of nerve nuclei and positions thereof in the whole nerve pathway diagram, data of connection relations of the nerve nuclei, and data of curves and straight lines representing nerve fascicles which connect the nerve nuclei with each other; wherein said first data extraction part is configured to extract, for each of abnormal findings, from said first data recording part, data of names of associated nerve nuclei and positions thereof in the whole nerve pathway diagram, data of connection relations of the associated nerve nuclei, and data of curves and straight lines representing nerve fascicles which connect the associated nerve nuclei with each other; and wherein said associated lesion estimation and indication part is configured to detect a region where associated nerve pathways displayed on said display intersect with each other and a region where associated nerve pathways approach each other at closest distance, and presumes the detected regions to be associated lesions so as to display the associated lesions in said whole nerve pathway diagram on said display; a second data recording part storing cut surface data of specified regions of the whole nerve pathway diagram; a second input part for receiving input data of selection of which region of the whole nerve pathway diagram is to be indicated as a cut surface on said display; a second data extraction part configured for extracting, from the data stored in said second data recording part, data for drawing associated nerve pathways related to abnormal neural findings in a cut surface of a specified region according to the data inputted through said second input part and the data inputted through said first input part; a nerve pathway cut surface indication part configured for extracting, from the data stored in said second data recording part, associated cut surface data according to the data inputted through said second input part so as to display the associated cut surface; a second associated nerve pathway indication part configured for drawing, based on the data extracted by said second data extraction part, associated nerve pathways in the nerve pathway cut surface displayed by said nerve pathway cut surface indication part; a second associated lesion estimation and indication part configured for calculating, based on the associated nerve pathways displayed on said display by said second associated nerve pathway indication part, a position of each of associated lesions in the associated cut surface so as to display the associated lesions in the associated cut surface.