Technology
I. EndoMetric technology for documenting endoscopic work flow
EndoMetric technology allows direct overview of the endoscopy practice with unprecedented real-time graphical depiction of workflow based on real-time “inside-the-patient” monitoring of all endoscopy suites. This allows one to spot problems with a particular procedure or room as well as timely turnover and efficient room usage of all endoscopy suites.
There is absolutely no need for physicians or nurses to manually indicate the start and end of each procedure during routine screening. EndoMetric achieves this through advanced real-time image analysis of video signal. Procedure videos can be discarded or kept for second review, training, teaching, and post-procedure quality documentation. Some selected video segments can be extracted for archival.
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II. EndoMetric technology for measuring colonoscopy quality
EndoMetric has developed software that allows one to objectively measure colonoscopy quality. The technology of EndoMetric is focused on objective measures of the intraprocedural factors. The basis of the technology of EndoMetric is image analysis of the video stream generated during colonoscopy. Key algorithms were developed that reflect basic aspects of endoscopy, such as “inside-the-patient” versus “outside-the-patient” state, clear versus blurry image, direction of movement, speed of movement, maximal extent of intubation, appendix recognition, polyp recognition, and instrument recognition. Using these basic key algorithms and combinations of these algorithms, EndoMetric is able to automatically document each procedure from start to end without any human interaction, and provide a number of accepted quality parameters (maximal insertion with appendix recognition, withdrawal time) as well as new, novel quality parameters that can only be measured by computer (such as the frequency of circumferential wall inspection during withdrawal).
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III. EndoMetric technology for objectively grading and comparing endoscopists
The same technology can be used to compare performance of endoscopists during their training (are they improving as wished?) and while in clinical practice (are they implementing what has been taught?). Furthermore, the technology of EndoMetric allows objective comparison of individual endoscopists, something hitherto impossible. |
Current Solutions & Services
Work Flow Suite for automated documenting endoscopic work flow and manual documenting of quality of colonoscopy
Our customer will receive a total of five products.
1. EM-Capture---Automated capturing of endoscopic procedures
2. EM-Collector---Automated uploading of captured procedure videos
3. EM-Central---Web-based application for querying endoscopic room utilization and quality report
4. EM-Manual---Software for fast browsing and annotating procedure videos with Minimum Standard Terminology and quality metrics
5. EM-Monitor---Monitoring automated capturing and uploading; send alert email when problems are suspected
EM-Capture, EM-Collector, EM-Monitor run in background as system services. EM-Central and EM-Manual are the interfaces for our users. Download our product brochure below.
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Partner Solution
Interested only in some functionality or some software to be included in your software? Contact EndoMetric at info@endometric.com. |
Services
1. Custom installation to fit specific needs of hospitals/clinics
2. Custom software modules to fit specific needs of third party partners
3. Technical and maintenance support
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Future Products (Coming soon)
Quality Suite for automated documentation of quality of colonoscopy
This solution adds EM-Automated on top of the five products you get in the work flow solution. EM-Automated automates documentation of objective intraprocedure quality of colonoscopy. The first release of EM-Automated will include
1. Withdrawal time---time after the insertion phase has ended; this time can be compared to the ASGE/ACG guideline of 6 minute minimum withdrawal time for normal colonoscopy screening.
2. Clear withdrawal time---withdrawal time in which only clear images are seen; quality of a procedure may not be as good if most images seen are blurry.
3. Frequency of forward & backward motion changes to measure efforts made by the endoscopist to inspect the front and behind folds
The quality measurements are available for easy access through EM-Central.
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