COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A PALPATION EXAMINATION ON A PATIENT'S BODY PART AND SYSTEM WITH SENSORIAL GLOVE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED STORAGE MEANS

Abstract

The invention refers to a computer-implemented method and respective system (300), computer program and computer-readable storage means for carrying out a palpation examination on a patient's body part (1,2,3,4,5,D, E), wherein the examination is performed systematically and according to an examination tutorial which is presented on a first computer unit (50). A palpation glove (10) is utilized in the examination, which is based on a reference point (7) and has incorporated pressure sensors capable of measuring pressure data on the texture of the tissue to detect alterations (6) in this tissue. The data obtained by the sensors is communicated by a control unit (20) of the glove (10) for processing in a second computer unit (90) which determines whether or not there have been alterations (6) to the tissue under examination by comparing, for example, with data from prior examinations.

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