Method and device for analyzing a periodic or semi-periodic signal
First Claim
1. A device for reducing noise in signals having successive substantially repetitive portions, comprising:
- an iterative averager operative to superimpose and average said substantially repetitive portions to produce a running average thereof, and an iteration ender comprising a noise analyzer for determining a noise level in said running average and ending operation of said iterative averager when said noise level reaches a predetermined level.
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Abstract
A device for reducing noise in signals having successive substantially repetitive portions, comprising: an iterative averager operative to superimpose and average said substantially repetitive portions to produce a running average thereof, and an iteration ender comprising a noise analyzer for determining a noise level in said running average and ending operation of said iterative averager when said noise level reaches a predetermined level. Also, a method of obtaining an indication of ischemia in a patient using an ECG signal therefrom, the method comprising: extracting an ECG signal over a duration, extracting from said ECG signal a series of QRS complexes over said duration, extracting high frequency components of said QRS complexes, analyzing said high frequency components over said duration for at least one of a predetermined quality, and inferring from said predetermined quality an indication of ischemia.
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87 Claims
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1. A device for reducing noise in signals having successive substantially repetitive portions, comprising:
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an iterative averager operative to superimpose and average said substantially repetitive portions to produce a running average thereof, and an iteration ender comprising a noise analyzer for determining a noise level in said running average and ending operation of said iterative averager when said noise level reaches a predetermined level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device for reducing noise in signals having successive substantially repetitive portions, comprising:
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an aligner for aligning at least some of said substantially repetitive portions one with another, a repetitive portion selector for selecting repetitive portions for passing to said iterative averager on the basis of a comparison with a reference portion, and an iterative averager operative to superimpose and average said aligned, selected portions to produce a running average thereof. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A waveform frequency component alignment device for aligning first frequency components of waveforms having first frequency and second frequency components, the device comprising:
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Band pass filters for extracting respective first and second frequency components of said waveform, a first frequency component aligner for determining a first frequency alignment point of a current waveform with another waveform based on respective first frequency components, and a second frequency aligner for aligning said second frequency components of said respective waveforms based on said first frequency alignment point. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A device for analyzing high frequency components of ECG signals, comprising
a data extractor for extracting said high frequency components and a data analyzer for determining, from a change over time in at least a part of said high frequency component, whether said ECG signal contains an indication of the presence of ischemia.
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40. A method for reducing noise in signals having successive substantially repetitive portions, comprising:
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superimposing one by one weightwise in iterative steps weighted instances of at least some of said successive substantially repetitive portions, forming a running average of said portions, determining a noise level in said running average, and ending said iterative steps when said noise level reaches a predetermined level, thereby to produce an average of said substantially repetitive portions having reduced noise. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for reducing noise in signals having successive substantially repetitive portions, comprising:
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aligning at least some of said substantially repetitive portions one with another, selecting repetitive portions for passing to said iterative averager on the basis of a comparison with a reference portion, and superimposing and averaging said aligned, selected portions to produce a running average thereof. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method of aligning waveforms having first and second frequency components, said second frequency components being more subject to noise than said first frequency components, the method comprising:
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extracting respective first and second frequency components of said waveform, determining an alignment point of a current waveform with another waveform based on respective first frequency components, and aligning said second frequency components of said respective waveforms based on said alignment point. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72)
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73. A method for analyzing high frequency components of ECG signals, comprising the steps of:
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extracting said high frequency components and determining, from a change over time in at least a part of said high frequency component, whether said ECG signal contains an indication of the presence of ischemia. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A method of obtaining an indication of ischemia in a patient using an ECG signal therefrom, the method comprising:
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extracting an ECG signal over a duration, extracting from said ECG signal a series of at least partial QRS complexes over said duration, extracting high frequency components of said QRS complexes, analyzing said high frequency components over said duration for at least one of a predetermined quality, and inferring from said predetermined quality an indication of ischemia. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87)
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86. A method of producing a noise reduced waveform from a series of substantially similar repeated waveforms having superimposed noise, the method comprising:
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selecting waveforms having a highest cross-correlation with a preselected reference waveform, and carrying out iterative averaging steps using said selected waveforms.
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