Analysis of auscultatory sounds using voice recognition
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- applying voice recognition to auscultatory sounds associated with known physiological conditions to generate voice recognition coefficients; and
mapping the coefficients to a set of one or more disease regions defined within a multidimensional space.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for analyzing auscultatory sounds to aid a medical professional in diagnosing physiological conditions of a patient. A data analysis system, for example, applies voice recognition and principle component analysis (e.g., singular value decomposition) to auscultatory sounds associated known physiological conditions to define a set of one or more disease regions within a multidimensional space. A diagnostic device, such as an electronic stethoscope or personal digital assistant, applies configuration data from the data analysis system to generate a set of one or more vectors within the multidimensional space representative of auscultatory sounds associated with a patient. The diagnostic device outputs a diagnostic message associated with a physiological condition of the patient based on the orientation of the vectors relative to the disease regions within the multidimensional space.
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59 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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applying voice recognition to auscultatory sounds associated with known physiological conditions to generate voice recognition coefficients; and
mapping the coefficients to a set of one or more disease regions defined within a multidimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising:
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applying voice recognition and singular value decomposition (“
SVD”
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outputting configuration data for application by a diagnostic device based on the multidimensional mapping. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method comprising:
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storing within a diagnostic device configuration data generated by the application of voice recognition techniques and principle component analysis (PCA) to digitized representations of electrical recordings associated with physiological conditions, wherein the configuration data maps the electrical recordings to a set of one or more disease regions within a multidimensional space;
applying the configuration data to a digitized representation of an electrical recording associated with a patient to select one of the physiological conditions; and
outputting a diagnostic message indicating the selected one of the physiological conditions. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A diagnostic device comprising:
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a medium that stores data generated by the application of voice recognition to digitized representations of auscultatory sounds associated with known physiological conditions; and
a control unit that applies the configuration data to a digitized representation representative of auscultatory sounds associated with a patient to select one of the physiological conditions, wherein the control unit outputs a diagnostic message indicating the selected one of the physiological conditions. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A data analysis system comprising:
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an analysis module to apply voice recognition and principle component analysis (PCA) to digitized representations of electrical recordings associated with known physiological conditions to map the auscultatory sounds to a set of one or more disease regions within a multidimensional space; and
a database to store data generated by analysis module. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
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apply configuration data to a digitized representation representative of auscultatory sounds associated with a patient to select one of a set of physiological conditions, wherein the configuration maps the auscultatory sounds to a set of one or more disease regions within a multidimensional space using voice recognition and principle component analysis (PCA); and
output a diagnostic message indicating the selected one of the physiological conditions. - View Dependent Claims (59)
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