Processing for multi-channel signals
First Claim
1. A method for displaying information to a user, the method comprising:
- accepting input from the user selecting a metric to be displayed, said selected metric being associated with a multi-channel signal derived from outputs of a plurality of sensors positioned to acquire physiological signals, wherein each channel of the multi-channel signal corresponds to a different one of the plurality of sensors;
displaying with a processor and a computer graphical display interface at least one time-series plot of the selected metric associated with the multi-channel signal;
using a backdrop pattern, indicating on the at least one time-series plot portions of the plot having at least one identified characteristic;
for each of the at least one time-series plot displayed, displaying with the processor and the computer graphical display interface a time event index wherein the corresponding metric meets a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition comprises the selected metric being greater than a predetermined threshold;
accepting input from the user as to whether to display further information associated with the time event index; and
displaying the further information associated with the time event index when the user so specifies.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for improved processing for multi-channel signals. In an exemplary embodiment, an anomaly metric is computed for a multi-channel signal over a time window. The magnitude of the anomaly metric may be used to determine whether an anomaly is present in the multi-channel signal over the time window. In an exemplary embodiment, the anomaly metric may be a condition number associated with the singular values of the multi-channel signal over the time window, as further adjusted by the number of channels to produce a data condition number. Applications of the anomaly metric computation include the scrubbing of signal archives for epileptic seizure detection/prediction/counter-prediction algorithm training, pre-processing of multi-channel signals for real-time monitoring of bio-systems, and boot-up and/or adaptive self-checking of such systems during normal operation.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for displaying information to a user, the method comprising:
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accepting input from the user selecting a metric to be displayed, said selected metric being associated with a multi-channel signal derived from outputs of a plurality of sensors positioned to acquire physiological signals, wherein each channel of the multi-channel signal corresponds to a different one of the plurality of sensors; displaying with a processor and a computer graphical display interface at least one time-series plot of the selected metric associated with the multi-channel signal; using a backdrop pattern, indicating on the at least one time-series plot portions of the plot having at least one identified characteristic; for each of the at least one time-series plot displayed, displaying with the processor and the computer graphical display interface a time event index wherein the corresponding metric meets a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition comprises the selected metric being greater than a predetermined threshold; accepting input from the user as to whether to display further information associated with the time event index; and displaying the further information associated with the time event index when the user so specifies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for detecting anomalies in a multi-channel signal, the method comprising:
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sampling the multi-channel signal over a time window; computing with a processor an anomaly metric for the multi-channel signal over the time window; and identifying the presence of an anomaly based on the magnitude of the anomaly metric;
the computing an anomaly metric comprising;computing a condition number of the multi-channel signal over the time window; and adjusting the condition number based on a parameter of the multi-channel signal to generate a data condition number (DCN);
the multi-channel signal comprising a signal sampled from a plurality of electrodes positioned to acquire physiological signals from a body, the method further comprising;generating a DCN time series corresponding to a plurality of time windows; generating an anomaly log based on the DCN time series; merging anomalies in the anomaly log separated by less than a minimum separation to generate a modified anomaly log; identifying segments of the multi-channel signal corresponding to anomalies in the modified anomaly log; and outputting time-expanded versions of the identified segments to a record;
the identifying the presence of an anomaly comprising matching the DCN time series to at least one known pattern of DCN time series corresponding to an anomalous condition.
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11. A method for detecting anomalies in a multi-channel signal, the method comprising:
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sampling the multi-channel signal over a time window; computing with a processor an anomaly metric for the multi-channel signal over the time window; and identifying the presence of an anomaly by comparing the magnitude of the anomaly metric to an optimum threshold;
the computing an anomaly metric comprising;computing a condition number of the multi-channel signal over the time window; and adjusting the condition number based on a parameter of the multi-channel signal to generate a data condition number (DCN);
the method further comprising;generating a DCN time series corresponding to a plurality of time windows; generating an event log based on the DCN time series, the generating an event log comprising identifying an event as a contiguous set of DCN values greater than a candidate threshold; merging events in the event log separated by less than a minimum separation to generate a modified event log; repeating the steps of generating a DCN time series, generating an event log, and merging events using a plurality of candidate thresholds; generating a plot of number of events identified in a modified event log versus candidate threshold used; attempting to identify at least one inflection point in the generated plot; and setting the optimum threshold to be the candidate threshold corresponding to the inflection point with the largest abscissa in the plot. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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