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Automated auscultation system

  • US 20040260188A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2003
  • Published: 12/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of performing automated auscultation of the cardiovascular system, the method comprising steps of:

  • (a) selecting one or more beats for analysis, wherein each beat comprises an acoustic signal emanating from the cardiovascular system;

    (b) performing a time-frequency analysis of beats selected for analysis so as to provide information regarding the distribution of energy, the relative distribution of energy, or both, over different frequency ranges at one or more points in the cardiac cycle; and

    (c) processing the information to reach a clinically relevant conclusion or recommendation; and

    (d) presenting some or all of the information in a manner that facilitates a mechanistically comprehensible explanation of the basis for the conclusion or recommendation or how the conclusion or recommendation was reached.

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