Method of classifying respiratory sounds
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1. A method of analyzing respiratory sounds comprising the steps of:
- selecting a first set of respiratory events;
manually determining a classification content of the first set of respiratory events; and
extrapolating the classification content of the first set of respiratory events to an at least second set of respiratory events.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of classifying respiratory sounds. The method provides the steps of selecting a first set of respiratory sounds and manually determining a classification content of the first set of respiratory events. The method further includes extrapolating the classification content of the first set of respiratory events to an at least second set of respiratory events.
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1. A method of analyzing respiratory sounds comprising the steps of:
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selecting a first set of respiratory events; manually determining a classification content of the first set of respiratory events; and extrapolating the classification content of the first set of respiratory events to an at least second set of respiratory events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of analyzing respiratory sounds comprising the steps of:
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selecting a first set of respiratory events to provide pre-classified respiratory events; selecting a subset of the pre-classified respiratory events; manually classifying the events of the subset; comparing the manually classified events and pre-classified events; and tabulating the results of the comparison in a table. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of analyzing respiratory sounds in a set of respiratory sounds comprising the steps of:
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selecting at least one respiratory event from the respiratory sounds; measuring the loudness of the at least one event; calculating an average relative snoring loudness by averaging the loudness of a set of pre-classified snores; and comparing the measured loudness to the average relative snoring loudness to determine the relative snoring loudness of the respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of analyzing respiratory sounds comprising the steps of:
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selecting a first group of respiratory events classified as snores; determining a maximum or average first loudness value for the first group of snores; determining a maximum or average second loudness value for a second group of snores; and calculating a loudness difference or ratio between the first and second loudness values. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of analyzing respiratory sounds comprising the steps of:
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selecting of group of respiratory events; fast fourier transforming each respiratory event of the group of respiratory events to produce a set of FFT values for each respiratory event; identifying a relative maxima among the FFT values of each snoring event within the group of respiratory events; identifying a relative maxima FFT value among the normal respiratory events with the group of respiratory events; and calculating a logarithmic value of a ratio determined by dividing the relative maxima FFT value among snoring events by an average of maxima FFT values of the normal respiratory events. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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