METHOD OF EARLY DETECTION OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
First Claim
1. A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a single “
activity drop metric”
with an associated scalar “
activity drop value”
;
(b) selecting an “
MS health detection function”
whose input comprises an “
animal health dataset” and
whose output comprises a likelihood scalar representing the likelihood that the animal has MS;
(c) collecting a nightly activity scalar of the animal repeatedly and continually for a night and placing the nightly activity scalar into a set of “
nightly activity data”
;
(d) identifying automatically three consecutive time regions in the nightly activity data;
a “
high activity region,”
an “
activity drop region,” and
a “
low activity region”
;
(e) applying the activity drop metric to the three consecutive regions, generating a nightly activity drop value;
(f) adding the nightly activity drop value into the animal health dataset, wherein the animal health dataset comprises the resulting nightly activity drop values;
(g) applying the MS health detection function to the animal health dataset, generating a likelihood scalar for each iteration;
(h) iterating steps (c) through (g) for sequential nights until a terminating condition is reached;
wherein the early detection of MS comprises the likelihood scalars from step (g).
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Abstract
A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium is described. Animal activity data is collected at multiple times during the night. Sequential time regions of the night are identified as high-activity, activity-drop, or low-activity regions. Embodiments are described to quantify a drop, during the night, of an animal'"'"'s activity level. These quantified activity-drop scalars for consecutive nights are accumulated in an animal health dataset. Then, a health detection function is applied to this dataset that, in response to the level of activity change and the speed of activity change, predicts or detects MS in the animal. One embodiment quantifies an activity-drop by fitting straight-line curves through the data in the three nightly regions. Another embodiment uses a Fourier transform on a circle and a linear combination. Another embodiment compares areas under data curves in the regions. Animals may be housed in cages with other animals.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a single “
activity drop metric”
with an associated scalar “
activity drop value”
;(b) selecting an “
MS health detection function”
whose input comprises an “
animal health dataset” and
whose output comprises a likelihood scalar representing the likelihood that the animal has MS;(c) collecting a nightly activity scalar of the animal repeatedly and continually for a night and placing the nightly activity scalar into a set of “
nightly activity data”
;(d) identifying automatically three consecutive time regions in the nightly activity data;
a “
high activity region,”
an “
activity drop region,” and
a “
low activity region”
;(e) applying the activity drop metric to the three consecutive regions, generating a nightly activity drop value; (f) adding the nightly activity drop value into the animal health dataset, wherein the animal health dataset comprises the resulting nightly activity drop values; (g) applying the MS health detection function to the animal health dataset, generating a likelihood scalar for each iteration; (h) iterating steps (c) through (g) for sequential nights until a terminating condition is reached; wherein the early detection of MS comprises the likelihood scalars from step (g). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium comprising the steps of:
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(x) selecting a single “
linear combination coefficient set”
that generates a scalar linear combination value when applied responsively to a set of discreet transform values;(y) selecting a “
MS health detection function”
whose input comprises an animal health dataset and whose output comprises a likelihood scalar representing the likelihood that the animal has MS;(z) collecting an activity scalar of the animal repeatedly and continually for a night;
a set of “
nightly activity data”
;(aa) computing a Fourier transform on a circle responsive to the nightly activity data, generating a set of discreet transform values; (bb) applying the linear combination coefficient set responsively to the set of discreet transform values;
wherein the resulting scalar linear combination value is a nightly activity value;(cc) adding the nightly activity value into the animal health dataset;
wherein the animal health dataset comprises the nightly activity values;(dd) applying the MS health detection function to the animal health dataset, generating an animal likelihood scalar for the animal; (ee) iterating steps (z) through (dd) for sequential nights until a terminating condition is reached; wherein the early detection of MS in the animal comprises the animal likelihood scalars from steps (dd). - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis in an animal in a vivarium comprising the steps of:
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(ff) selecting a single “
LASSO metric”
with an associated scalar “
activity drop value”
;(gg) selecting an “
MS health detection function”
whose input comprises an animal health dataset and whose output comprises a likelihood scalar representing the likelihood that the animal has MS;(hh) collecting an activity scalar of the animal repeatedly and continually for a night;
a set of “
nightly activity data”
;(ii) computing a LASSO best-fit of a first piece-wise linear function to the nightly activity data, generating a LASSO L0, L1 and L2; (jj) applying the LASSO metric to the generated LASSO L0, L1 and L2, generating a nightly activity drop value; (kk) adding the nightly activity drop value into the “
animal health dataset,”
wherein the animal health dataset comprises the resulting nightly activity drop values;(ll) applying the MS health detection function to the animal health dataset; (mm) iterating steps (hh) through (ll) for sequential nights until a terminating condition is reached; wherein the early detection of MS comprises the likelihood scalars from step (ll). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis in an animal in a vivarium comprising the steps of:
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(nn) selecting a “
MS health detection function”
whose input comprises an animal health dataset and whose output comprises a likelihood scalar representing the likelihood that the animal has MS;(oo) collecting an activity scalar of the animal repeatedly and continually for a night;
generating a set of “
nightly activity data”
;(pp) computing a baseline low-activity level responsive to the nightly activity data; (qq) modifying the set of nightly activity data by subtracting the baseline low-activity level from the elements of the set; (rr) identifying automatically two sequential regions for each night in the nightly activity data;
a “
high activity region,” and
a “
low activity region”
;(ss) computing a high activity value for each night equal to the integration of values in the set of nightly activity data taken within the time interval of the high activity region; (tt) adding the high activity value into the “
animal health dataset,”
wherein the animal health dataset comprises the resulting nightly high activity values;(uu) applying the MS health detection function to the animal health dataset; (vv) iterating steps (oo) through (uu) for sequential nights until a terminating condition is reached; wherein the early detection of MS comprises the likelihood scalars from step (uu). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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