Residual-based monitoring of human health
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1. A system for monitoring the health status of a human, comprising:
- an ambulatory device disposed to receive multiple biological parameters from a plurality of sensors configured to be attached to a monitored human;
a computer disposed to obtain monitored observations of multiple biological parameters from said ambulatory device; and
a computer-accessible memory for storing a set of exemplary observations of said multiple biological parameters characteristic of the interrelationships between said multiple biological parameters under normal health conditions for the monitored human;
said computer being configured to generate an estimate of at least one of said multiple biological parameters in a monitored observation obtained from said ambulatory device, as a linear combination of at least some of said set of exemplary observations, determined from a kernel-based comparison of the monitored observation and at least some exemplary observations; and
said computer being further configured to compare said estimate to the corresponding value of the at least one of said multiple biological parameters in said monitored observation, to generate a residual, and make a determination of the health status of the human there from.
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Abstract
Improved human health monitoring is provided in the context of sensor measurements of typical vital signs and other biological parameters, by a system and method using an empirical model of the parameters and disposed to estimate values of the parameters in response to actual measurements. Residuals resulting from the difference between the estimates and actual measurements are analyzed for robust indications of incipient health issues. Residual analysis is both more robust and more sensitive than conventional univariate range checking on vital signs.
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1. A system for monitoring the health status of a human, comprising:
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an ambulatory device disposed to receive multiple biological parameters from a plurality of sensors configured to be attached to a monitored human; a computer disposed to obtain monitored observations of multiple biological parameters from said ambulatory device; and a computer-accessible memory for storing a set of exemplary observations of said multiple biological parameters characteristic of the interrelationships between said multiple biological parameters under normal health conditions for the monitored human; said computer being configured to generate an estimate of at least one of said multiple biological parameters in a monitored observation obtained from said ambulatory device, as a linear combination of at least some of said set of exemplary observations, determined from a kernel-based comparison of the monitored observation and at least some exemplary observations; and said computer being further configured to compare said estimate to the corresponding value of the at least one of said multiple biological parameters in said monitored observation, to generate a residual, and make a determination of the health status of the human there from. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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