Method and apparatus for separating the different components of evoked response and spontaneous activity brain signals as well as of signals measured from the heart
First Claim
1. A method for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the head, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said method comprising:
- (a) selecting a time instant at which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component,(b) forming a template vector from the measured signal at the selected time instant,(c) projecting the input measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the input measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and(d) subtracting at least part of said projection component from the measured signal.
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Abstract
The present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for separating the different components of evoked responses and spontaneous activity of the brain, as well as signals measured from the heart, from each other. The apparatus according to the invention presents the measured signals in graphic form and the user selects from the signals such a time instant, time interval or frequency band, which plausibly can be related to a given source component. The apparatus forms a signal vector from the temporal or frequency signals thus selected, projects the unprocessed signal onto the signal vector thus formed, and subtracts the projection from the unprocessed signals, whereby the projected vector and the set of signals remaining after the subtraction step provide the separation of the unprocessed signals into the selected component and such a part which is clean of contribution of the selected component.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the head, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said method comprising:
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(a) selecting a time instant at which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, (b) forming a template vector from the measured signal at the selected time instant, (c) projecting the input measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the input measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and (d) subtracting at least part of said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said method comprising:
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(a) selecting a time interval during which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, (b) forming a template vector from changes in the measured signal over the selected time interval, (c) projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and (d) subtracting said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said method comprising:
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(a) selecting a frequency at which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, (b) forming a template vector from frequency components of the measured signal at the selected frequency, (c) projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and (d) subtracting said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said method comprising:
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(a) selecting a frequency band over which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, (b) forming a template vector from frequency components of the measured signal over the selected frequency band, (c) projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and (d) subtracting said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Apparatus for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said apparatus comprising:
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a means for selecting a time instant at which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, a means for forming a template vector from the measured signal at the selected time instant, a means for projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and a means for subtracting at least part of said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. Apparatus for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said apparatus comprising:
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a means for selecting a time interval during which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, a means for forming a template vector from changes in the measured signal over the selected time interval, a means for projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and a means for subtracting said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. Apparatus for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said apparatus comprising:
- source component being coupled into a signal component by a sensitivity function, said apparatus comprising;
a means for selecting a frequency at which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, a means for forming a template vector from frequency components of the measured signal at the selected frequency, a means for projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the measured signal, and a means for subtracting said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (38)
- source component being coupled into a signal component by a sensitivity function, said apparatus comprising;
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39. Apparatus for separating the different components of a measured signal, said different components including evoked electric and magnetic responses, spontaneous activity of the brain and signals measured from the heart, said measured signal being obtained from a plurality of measurement channels, said apparatus comprising:
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a means for selecting a frequency band over which the measured signal is representative of activity of a given source component, a means for forming a template vector from frequency components of the measured signal over the selected frequency band, a means for projecting the measured signal onto a unit vector parallel to the template vector, whereby for each channel of the measured signal a time-varying projection component of the measured signal is separated from the input multi-channel signal, and a means for subtracting said projection component from the measured signal. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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