System and method for removing artifacts from waveforms
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1. A method for processing a physiological signal, comprising:
- using one or more processors of a sensor, a cable coupling the sensor to a monitor, or an intermediate device disposed between the sensor and the monitor, or any combination thereof, to perform the steps of;
obtaining a physiological signal in a time domain from the sensor;
performing a wavelet decomposition on the physiological signal to generate two or more wavelet coefficients;
identifying one or more artifacts in the physiological signal in the time domain without using the wavelet decomposition results;
generating an artifact-compensated signal in the time domain based on the one or more artifacts that are identified in the time domain and the two or more wavelet coefficients; and
providing the artifact-compensated signal to the monitor, wherein the monitor is configured to display the artifact-compensated signal or to display one or more physiological parameters based on the artifact-compensated signal.
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Abstract
A technique is provided for processing a physiological signal to compensate for artifacts. The technique includes identifying artifacts within the physiological signal. The technique also includes performing one or more multi-resolution decompositions, such as wavelet transformations, on the physiological signal and compensating for the identified artifacts in some or all of the respective decomposition components. The modified decomposition components may be reconstructed to generate an artifact-compensated signal which may be provided to a monitor or other device which is otherwise not configured to compensate for signal artifacts.
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1. A method for processing a physiological signal, comprising:
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using one or more processors of a sensor, a cable coupling the sensor to a monitor, or an intermediate device disposed between the sensor and the monitor, or any combination thereof, to perform the steps of; obtaining a physiological signal in a time domain from the sensor; performing a wavelet decomposition on the physiological signal to generate two or more wavelet coefficients; identifying one or more artifacts in the physiological signal in the time domain without using the wavelet decomposition results; generating an artifact-compensated signal in the time domain based on the one or more artifacts that are identified in the time domain and the two or more wavelet coefficients; and providing the artifact-compensated signal to the monitor, wherein the monitor is configured to display the artifact-compensated signal or to display one or more physiological parameters based on the artifact-compensated signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing a physiological signal, comprising:
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using one or more processors of a sensor, a monitor, a cable coupling the sensor to the monitor, or an intermediate device disposed between the sensor and the monitor, or any combination thereof, to perform the steps of; obtaining a physiological signal in a time domain from the sensor; performing a wavelet decomposition on the physiological signal to generate two or more wavelet coefficients; identifying one or more artifacts in the physiological signal in the time domain without using the wavelet decomposition results; generating an artifact-compensated signal in the time domain based on the one or more artifacts that are identified in the time domain and the two or more wavelet coefficients; and using the artifact-compensated signal to determine one or more physiological parameters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for processing a physiological signal, comprising:
using one or more processors to perform the steps of; applying a wavelet transform to the physiological signal to generate a plurality of coefficients; processing the physiological signal in the time domain, without using the wavelet transform results, to identify one or more artifacts within the physiological signal; adjusting the plurality of coefficients to reduce one or more coefficients of the plurality of coefficients that correspond to the one or more artifacts identified in the time domain; and reconstructing the adjusted plurality of coefficients using an inverse wavelet transform to generate an artifact-compensated signal in the time domain. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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