Method and system of encoding physiological data
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1. A method of encoding physiological data, the method comprising:
- acquiring non-image diagnostic data from a patient;
preprocessing the data to transform it to a video stream;
encoding the video stream to compress the preprocessed data;
transferring the encoded data to an analysis device; and
processing the encoded data to generate an output.
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Abstract
A method and system of encoding physiological data. In one embodiment of the invention, raw data is transformed into formatted images and then the formatted images are encoded. The data is transferred at full resolution once to a main server and then the superimposition of the data is encoded using a compression scheme. Preferably, the data is encoded using difference-based encoding, such as MPEG encoding. Encoding the data in this way makes it possible to perform data analysis on a wide variety of workstations, not just high-performance machines.
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1. A method of encoding physiological data, the method comprising:
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acquiring non-image diagnostic data from a patient;
preprocessing the data to transform it to a video stream;
encoding the video stream to compress the preprocessed data;
transferring the encoded data to an analysis device; and
processing the encoded data to generate an output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of encoding physiological data, the method comprising:
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acquiring non-image diagnostic data from a patient;
preprocessing the data to transform it to a video stream and determining a frame rate and a frame size;
encoding the video stream to compress the preprocessed data;
transferring the encoded data to an analysis device; and
processing the encoded data to generate an output. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of encoding physiological data, the method comprising:
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acquiring non-image diagnostic data from a patient;
preprocessing the data to transform it to a video stream;
encoding the video stream to compress the preprocessed data using a vector-graphics based encoding scheme;
transferring the encoded data to an analysis device; and
processing the encoded data to generate an output. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of encoding physiological data, the method comprising:
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acquiring non-image diagnostic data from a patient;
preprocessing the data to transform it to a video stream;
determining a frame rate and a frame size;
encoding the video stream to compress the preprocessed data using a vector-graphics based encoding scheme;
transferring the encoded data to an analysis device; and
processing the encoded data to generate an output. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A physiological data review system comprising:
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a record and display unit capable of being coupled to a patient to acquire non-image diagnostic data;
an encoder coupled to the record and display unit and operable to convert the data to a video stream and to compress the data; and
a workstation coupled to the encoder. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A physiological data review system comprising:
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a record and display unit capable of being coupled to a patient to receive non-image diagnostic data;
an encoder coupled to the record and display unit and operable to convert the data to a video stream and to compress the data, the encoder determining a frame rate and a frame size and drawing chunks of data into a frame buffer for each physiological event that occurs in one frame; and
a workstation coupled to the encoder.
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26. A method of analyzing physiological data comprising:
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providing an acquisition and storage device;
acquiring and storing a first set of non-image diagnostic data and a second set of non-image diagnostic data;
formatting the first and second sets of non-image diagnostic data into sequential frames of a video stream;
encoding to compress the video stream; and
transmitting the encoded video stream to a remote computing device.
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