Patent ID: 7618378

Claim:
A computerized method of generating a displayable image for modifying respiration of a subject viewing the displayable image, the method comprising: receiving a thoracic volume data of the subject; providing one or more target breathing patterns; generating display data using hardware and/or software representing a displayable image from said thoracic volume data and said one or more target breathing patterns; wherein said displayable image includes: a first object having a first position determined as a function of said thoracic volume data; and a second object having a second position determined as a function of said one or more target breathing patterns and said thoracic volume data, such that said second object moves in relation to said one or more target breathing patterns and said measured thoracic volume data; collecting a first historical set of said thoracic volume data over time; storing said first historical set; selecting said at least one pattern as a function of said first historical set; generating a modified target breathing pattern based on said at least one pattern and said first historical set; determining a range limit including an upper range limit and a lower range limit to said modified target breathing pattern, wherein said determining involves: obtaining a standard ventilation information; receiving a subject ventilation information of the subject; and deriving said upper range limit and said lower range limit for said modified target breathing pattern as a function of the subject ventilation information and said standard ventilation information.