Method and system for providing characterizations of waveform representations of heart function
First Claim
1. A method for characterizing the quality of signals indicative of heart function, where such signals indicative of heart function are derived from electrocardiographic measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
- measuring one or more signals indicative of heart function;
sampling at a cardinal number of points each of said measured one or more signals;
determining, for each of said sampled one or more signals, a maximum sampled value that occurred over said cardinal number of sample points; and
calculating, for each of said sampled one or more signals, a signal quality index by dividing said determined maximum value by a divisor associated with each of said sampled one or more signals.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing highly accurate characterizations of waveform representations of heart function, such as QRS complexes, where such waveform representations are derived from electrocardiographic measurements. The method and system accomplish their objects via the following. One or more signals indicative of heart function are measured and sampled. One or more signal quality indexes are calculated for each of the measured and sampled one or more signals. The signal quality indexes are calculated by dividing a maximum sample value for each one or more measured and sampled signal by a calculated divisor. One or more weighting factors, dependent upon the calculated signal quality index of each of the one or more measured and sampled signals are calculated. And, a waveform representation composed of each of the one or more measured and sampled signals indicative of heart function multiplied by its calculated weighting factor is created.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for characterizing the quality of signals indicative of heart function, where such signals indicative of heart function are derived from electrocardiographic measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
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measuring one or more signals indicative of heart function; sampling at a cardinal number of points each of said measured one or more signals; determining, for each of said sampled one or more signals, a maximum sampled value that occurred over said cardinal number of sample points; and calculating, for each of said sampled one or more signals, a signal quality index by dividing said determined maximum value by a divisor associated with each of said sampled one or more signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for providing highly accurate characterizations of waveform representations of heart function, where such waveform representations are derived from electrocardiographic measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
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measuring one or more signals indicative of heart function; calculating a signal quality index for each of said measured one or more signals indicative of heart function; calculating one or more weighting factors dependent upon said calculated signal quality index for each of said one or more measured signals indicative of heart function; and creating a waveform representation comprised of each of said one or more measured signals indicative of heart function multiplied by said calculated weighting factor corresponding to said each of said one or more measured signals indicative of heart function. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for characterizing the quality of signals indicative of heart function, where such signals indicative of heart function are derived from electrocardiographic measurements, said system comprising:
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means for measuring one or more signals indicative of heart function; means for sampling at a cardinal number of points each of said measured one or more signals; means for determining, for each of said sampled one or more signals, a maximum sampled value that occurred over said cardinal number of sample points; and means for calculating, for each of said sampled one or more signals, a signal quality index by dividing said determined maximum value by a divisor associated with each of said sampled one or more signals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system for providing highly accurate characterizations of waveform representations of heart function, where such waveform representations are derived from electrocardiographic measurements, said system comprising:
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means for measuring one or more signals indicative of heart function; means for calculating a signal quality index for each of said measured one or more signals indicative of heart function; means for calculating one or more weighting factors dependent upon said calculated signal quality index for each of said one or more measured signals indicative of heart function; and means for creating a waveform representation comprised of each of said one or more measured signals indicative of heart function multiplied by said calculated weighting factor corresponding to said each of said one or more measured signals indicative of heart function. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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