Method and system for the fast determination of EKG waveform morphology
First Claim
1. A method for providing improved automated diagnosis of heart function on the basis of electrocardiographic data, said method comprising the steps of:
- collecting one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates known to be indicative of heart conditions of interest;
selecting portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates with said selected portions being especially identified with said heart conditions of interest;
creating one or more reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates from said selected portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates by extracting from said selected portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates only predetermined points; and
diagnosing a patient'"'"'s heart function by correlating said created one or more reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates with said patient'"'"'s electrocardiographic waveform data.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing the improved automated diagnosis of heart function on the basis of electrocardiographic data in a much less computationally intensive manner than has been done previously. The objectives of the method and system are accomplished by the following steps. First, waveform templates known to be indicative of heart conditions of interest are collected. Second, a data compression algorithm is used to extract from the collected waveforms only that data essential to making an accurate diagnosis of the conditions with which the templates are associated; the resulting data is used to construct waveforms referred to as reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates. Third, the reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates are then correlated with the patient'"'"'s electrocardiographic waveforms and on the basis of the results of the correlation a diagnosis is rendered.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for providing improved automated diagnosis of heart function on the basis of electrocardiographic data, said method comprising the steps of:
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collecting one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates known to be indicative of heart conditions of interest; selecting portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates with said selected portions being especially identified with said heart conditions of interest; creating one or more reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates from said selected portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates by extracting from said selected portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates only predetermined points; and diagnosing a patient'"'"'s heart function by correlating said created one or more reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates with said patient'"'"'s electrocardiographic waveform data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for providing improved automated diagnosis of heart function on the basis of electrocardiographic data, said system comprising:
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means for collecting one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates known to be indicative of heart conditions of interest; means for selecting portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates with said selected portions being especially identified with said heart conditions of interest; means for creating one or more reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates from said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates by extracting from said selected portions of said collected one or more electrocardiographic waveform templates only predetermined points; and means for diagnosing a patient'"'"'s heart function by correlating said created one or more reduced-data electrocardiographic waveform templates with said patient'"'"'s electrocardiographic waveform data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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