Using related signals to reduce ECG noise
First Claim
1. A method of producing a measurement of alternans, comprising:
- obtaining multiple input signals, at least one of which represents activity of a patient'"'"'s heart;
determining a relationship between noise content of the input signals;
combining the input signals in consideration of the measured relationship to reduce effects of the noise content of the input signals and produce a measurement of alternans.
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Abstract
A method of reducing noise in a signal that represents a physiologic process includes obtaining multiple input signals, measuring a relationship between noise content of the input signals, and combining the input signals in consideration of the measured relationship to produce an output signal having low noise content. The multiple input signals may include, for example, two or more primary physiologic input signals or one or more primary physiologic input signals and two or more secondary input signals that represent noise. The method may further include dividing one or more ECG input signals and secondary input signals into set of segments, where each set of segments represents a beat of the ECG signal, measuring a relationship between noise content of corresponding points from successive sets of segments, and combining the input signals based on the measured relationship.
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58 Claims
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1. A method of producing a measurement of alternans, comprising:
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obtaining multiple input signals, at least one of which represents activity of a patient'"'"'s heart; determining a relationship between noise content of the input signals; combining the input signals in consideration of the measured relationship to reduce effects of the noise content of the input signals and produce a measurement of alternans. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of creating a noise-reduced result from an ECG signal, comprising:
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obtaining multiple input signals that include one or more ECG input signals and one or more secondary input signals that represent noise; dividing the one or more ECG input signals into sets of one or more points, wherein each set of points is synchronized to a beat of the ECG input signal; dividing the one or more secondary input signals into sets of one or more points, wherein each set of points of the secondary input signal is synchronized with a corresponding set of points of the ECG input signal; measuring a relationship between noise content of corresponding points from successive sets of points for the ECG input signal and the secondary input signal; and combining the input signals in consideration of the measured relationship to produce a result having low noise content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of creating a noise-reduced result, comprising:
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measuring two or more primary input signals, each primary input signal representing activity of a patient'"'"'s heart; defining a desired result as a combination of the primary input signals; measuring a secondary input signal that includes information about noise content in the desired result; combining two or more of the primary input signals and the secondary input signal to produce a result that approximates the desired result and has reduced noise relative to the desired result. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of creating a noise-reduced result, comprising:
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measuring input signals that include primary input signals, each primary input signal representing activity of a patient'"'"'s heart; defining a desired result as a combination of one or more of the primary input signals; measuring a relationship between noise content of the primary input signals; and combining the primary input signals in view of the measured relationship to produce a result that has reduced noise relative to the desired result. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51)
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49. A method of creating a low-noise result, comprising:
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measuring one or more primary input signals that represent an ECG signal; measuring one or more secondary input signals that represent noise in the ECG signal; identifying one or more beats of the ECG signal; determining parameters of the primary input signals and the secondary input signals for each identified beat of the ECG signal; producing, based on the determined parameters, a noise metric that represents noise content in the low-noise result; and combining the input signals in consideration of the noise metric to produce a result having low noise content.
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50. A method of creating a noise-reduced result, comprising:
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measuring input signals that include a primary input signal representing activity of a patient'"'"'s heart and a secondary input signal that represents physical activity by the patient; determining a relationship between noise content of the primary input signal and noise content of the secondary input signal; and combining the primary input signal and the secondary input signal in consideration of the determined relationship to produce a noise-reduced result. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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