Iterative sleep evaluation
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1. A method for analyzing a sleep episode of a subject based on measured values of a plurality of parameters characterizing physiological activity of that subject during such an episode, said method comprising:
- acquiring from said subject a plurality of parameter signals each representing values occurring during at least parts of said episode of a corresponding one of said plurality of parameters;
classifying portions of each of said plurality of parameter signals as significant events for that said parameter corresponding thereto based on selected signal criteria including classifying such significant events of a first parameter signal, corresponding to a first parameter, into a plurality of ranks having among them an initial rank of those first parameter significant events corresponding to portions of said first parameter signal having values beyond an initial first parameter threshold; and
segregating from said first parameter significant events those (i) which (a) are said initial rank first parameter significant events, and those which (b) are in one of said plurality of ranks other than said initial rank but occur within a selected time of any of a first selection of significant events of another of said plurality of parameters to form a first tier of said first parameter significant events in a plurality of tiers of said first parameter significant events, and those (ii) which are in said plurality of ranks of said first parameter significant events without being in said first tier of first parameter significant events to form at least a second tier in said plurality of tiers of said first parameter significant events.
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Abstract
A sleep analysis system for analyzing a sleep episode of a subject based on measured values of a plurality of parameters characterizing that subject. Portions of the measured parameter signals are classified as significant events, and the significant events are segregated based on parameter signal criteria and time correlation as a basis for the analysis.
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1. A method for analyzing a sleep episode of a subject based on measured values of a plurality of parameters characterizing physiological activity of that subject during such an episode, said method comprising:
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acquiring from said subject a plurality of parameter signals each representing values occurring during at least parts of said episode of a corresponding one of said plurality of parameters; classifying portions of each of said plurality of parameter signals as significant events for that said parameter corresponding thereto based on selected signal criteria including classifying such significant events of a first parameter signal, corresponding to a first parameter, into a plurality of ranks having among them an initial rank of those first parameter significant events corresponding to portions of said first parameter signal having values beyond an initial first parameter threshold; and segregating from said first parameter significant events those (i) which (a) are said initial rank first parameter significant events, and those which (b) are in one of said plurality of ranks other than said initial rank but occur within a selected time of any of a first selection of significant events of another of said plurality of parameters to form a first tier of said first parameter significant events in a plurality of tiers of said first parameter significant events, and those (ii) which are in said plurality of ranks of said first parameter significant events without being in said first tier of first parameter significant events to form at least a second tier in said plurality of tiers of said first parameter significant events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A sleep analysis system for analyzing a sleep episode of a subject based on measured values of a plurality of parameters characterizing that subject during such an episode, said system comprising:
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a signal acquiring means for acquiring a plurality of parameter signals each representing values of a corresponding one of said plurality of parameters occurring during at least parts of said episode; an analog-to-digital converter means coupled to said signal acquiring means for providing corresponding sequences of digitized samples amplitude values of said parameter signals; a display and input means for providing displays of representations of said parameter signals provided at inputs thereof, and capable of providing selected values at outputs thereof; a signal processing means coupled to said analog-to-digital converter means and to said inputs and outputs of said display and input means, and capable of classifying portions of each of said plurality of parameter signals as significant events for that said parameter corresponding thereto based on selected signal criteria including classifying such significant events of a first parameter signal, corresponding to a first parameter, into a plurality of ranks having among them an initial rank of those first parameter significant events corresponding to portions of said first parameter signal having values beyond an initial first parameter threshold, and of segregating from said first parameter significant events those (i) which (a) are said initial rank first parameter significant events, and those which (b) are in one of said plurality of ranks other than said initial rank but occur within a selected time of any of a first selection of significant events of at least one other of said plurality of parameters to form a first tier of said first parameter significant events in a plurality of tiers of said first parameter significant events, and those (ii) which are in said plurality of ranks of said first parameter significant events without being in said first tier of first parameter significant events to form at least a second tier in said plurality of tiers of said first parameter significant events. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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