摘要:
An apparatus for measuring and processing physiological signals and an automatic method therefor are disclosed. The preferably portable apparatus is characterised in that it mainly consists of devices for continuously acquiring (3, 3'), shaping (4, 4') and digitising (5) at least one electrocardiographic signal and a signal representative of changes in the impedance of a predetermined volume (V) in the body (6) of a patient, as well as a digital preprocessing unit (7) interacting with a controller (8), a display (9) and a removable device (10) for storing digitised signals or values derived from significant parameters. The apparatus further consists of a central digital processing device (12) for collecting and storing successive transfers of data from the storage device (10), and comparing said data.
摘要:
A system for measuring fluid flwo within a conduit (10), such as blood flow from the heart, includes a heating element (12) that is driven so as to apply heat to the fluid at an upstream position as a series of periodic heat signal. A temperature sensor (14) located downstream measures a local temperature of the fluid and generates an electrical fluid temperature signal corresponding to the local temperature. This signal is then applied to a dispersive filter (22), which outputs a pulse-like signal in the presence of each periodic heat signal. Fluid flow is then calculated by a processor (18) as a function of the area under an estimated impulse response curve for the channel in which the fluid flows. Each periodic heat signal is preferably sinusoidal and has an instantaneous frequency that varies substantially continuously between a first frequency and a second frequency over a predetermined active input signal period. In a preferred embodiment, the frequency varies linearly between a first and a second frequency over a predetermined time period. The output signal from the filter (22), which is itself an estimate of the channel impulse response, is preferably integrated in order to provide a parameter estimate that is inversely proportional to flow. The corresponding method of measuring fluid flow using a frequency-swept input heat signal and matched dispersive filtering is included.
摘要:
The multidimensional ECG processing and display system (60) of the present invention may be used with an electrocadiographic (ECG) monitoring system. Input ECG data (61) from multiple, sequential time intervals is collected and formatted into a two-dimensional matrix using the processing function (62). The two-dimensional matrix is decomposed using singular value decomposition (SVD) to obtain its corresponding singular values and singular vectors, a compressed form of the matrix. The singular vectors are analyzed and filtered to identify and enhance signal components of interest using the subspace processing function (63) and the signal processing function (64). Selected singular vectors are transformed into their frequency domain representations by the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), or related techniques.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for aligning periodic cardiac signal waveforms for the purpose of signal averaging over a number of cardiac cycles. The aligning method and apparatus sense cardiac electrical signals over a number of cardiac cycles, store a template characterizing these signals, reduce the data rate of the same sensed signals by temporal data compression, and store a compressed template sequence. Subsequently, the method and apparatus perform signal averaging by monitoring cardiac electrical signals, storing samples of these signals, temporally compressing these samples and scan correlating the compressed samples with the previously stored compressed template sequence to derive correlation coefficients. Thereafter, the method and apparatus utilize the maximum correlation coefficient to roughly align the monitored waveform with the averaged signal, and then they scan correlate a portion of the noncompressed monitored waveform adjacent to the maximum correlation coefficient with a corresponding portion of the noncompressed template to provide precise alignment of the monitored waveform with the averaged signal.
摘要:
In a physiological signals processing system including (a) a A/D conversion means for converting physiological signals into digital signals and (b) a data compression means for reducing the number of data points sampled from said digital signals, the improvement which comprises: said data compression means being provided with a first sampling means for sampling a pair of combined peak points from said digital signals by applying the second order differential conversion to said digital signals, and a second sampling means for sampling level points by the level detection of said digital signals in the portion where adjacent peak points are not combined.
摘要:
A method of printing an analog waveform having a time variable, such as an ECG by first converting the analog waveform into a time sequence of digitally expressed values, forming predetermined groups of digital data and then determining maximum and minimum amplitude values of the digital data within the groups. These values are stored in a line buffer memory. A recording medium advances past a transversely oriented a linear array of discrete recording elements, such as linear array dot printhead. The serial stored values are read out in parallel to each of the recording elements, with the elements actuated in parallel by the stored values at an initial time and for time durations for each element that is a function of the stored maximum and minimum amplitude values for that element. The waveform is recorded as a series of appropriately placed short parallel longitudinal lines to form in aggregate a transverse waveform display on the recording medium.
摘要:
Systems and methods for informing and evaluating neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a guidewire having a proximal portion, a distal portion configured to be positioned at a target site in a blood vessel of a human patient, and a sensing element positioned along the distal portion. The sensing element can be a pressure sensing element, a flow sensing element, an impedance sensing element, and/or a temperature sensing element. The system can further include a controller configured to obtain one or more measurements related to a physiological parameter of the patient via the sensing element. Based on the measurements, the controller can determine the physiological parameter and compare the parameter to a predetermined threshold. Based on the comparison, the controller and/or the operator can assess the likelihood of the patient benefiting from neuromodulation therapy.
摘要:
Image processing apparatus (2) is provided with data compression processing unit (16) that executes data compression processing on an input captured image based on inter-frame prediction; and operation-mode selection unit (17) that is capable of selecting one of a first operation mode for normal imaging and a second operation mode for pulse estimation based on a command from a user. In a case where the second operation mode is selected, data compression processing unit (16) sets an interval between I pictures constituting a compressed image generated by the data compression processing to an interval to be different from that in a case where the first operation mode is selected.