Method and apparatus for adaptively reducing the level of noise in an acquired signal
First Claim
1. A method for reducing the level of an undesired noise component in an acquired signal having a desired signal component, comprising the following steps:
- acquiring a signal;
generating a synthetic reference signal that is modeled to exhibit a correlation with the desired signal component of the acquired signal;
applying to one input of an adaptive filter arrangement said acquired signal, and to another input of said adaptive filter arrangement said synthetic reference signal; and
operating said adaptive filter arrangement in a feedback manner, so that the adaptive filter arrangement iteratively adjusts the applied synthetic reference signal so as to progressively generate as an output of the filter arrangement a more accurate approximation of the desired signal component of the acquired signal.
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Abstract
An adaptive filtering method and apparatus for reducing the level of an undesired noise component in an acquired physiological signal having a desired signal component. The acquired physiological signal is applied to one input of the adaptive filter, and a synthetic reference signal that is modeled so as to exhibit a correlation with the desired signal component is applied to another input of the adaptive filter. Thereafter, in a feedback manner, the adaptive filter iteratively adjusts the modeled synthetic reference signal so as to progressively generate a more accurate approximation of the desired signal component in the adaptive filter, which approximation becomes a reconstruction of the acquired physiological signal wherein the level of the undesired noise component is reduced.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for reducing the level of an undesired noise component in an acquired signal having a desired signal component, comprising the following steps:
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acquiring a signal; generating a synthetic reference signal that is modeled to exhibit a correlation with the desired signal component of the acquired signal; applying to one input of an adaptive filter arrangement said acquired signal, and to another input of said adaptive filter arrangement said synthetic reference signal; and operating said adaptive filter arrangement in a feedback manner, so that the adaptive filter arrangement iteratively adjusts the applied synthetic reference signal so as to progressively generate as an output of the filter arrangement a more accurate approximation of the desired signal component of the acquired signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for reducing the level of an undesired noise component in an acquired physiological signal having a desired signal component, comprising:
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a sensor arrangement for acquiring a physiological signal; a signal generator for modeling a synthetic reference signal that exhibits a correlation with the desired signal component of the acquired physiological signal; and an adaptive filter arrangement having a first input responsive to said acquired physiological signal, and a second input responsive to said synthetic reference signal, said adaptive filter arrangement being operated in a feedback manner so as to iteratively adjust the modeled synthetic reference signal and progressively generate as an output of the filter arrangement a more accurate approximation of the desired signal component. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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