Biological signal processing apparatus and medical apparatus controlling method

• US 9,566,008 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Ukawa, Teiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaki, Kakali
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wu, Fuming
• Application Number:
  US12/878,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20110060714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,350 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02125 of pulse wave propagation time
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A biological signal processing apparatus includes: a provider which provides state probability which corresponds to a value of a first biological signal; an acquirer which acquires a first biological signal in time series from a living body and which acquires state probability in time series which corresponds to a value of the acquired first biological signal from the provider; and a determiner which acquires determination probability based on the state probability acquired by the acquirer and which performs determination whether a process is performed or not by using the determination probability.

Claims

1. A biological signal processing apparatus comprising:

a calculation controller which controls a process of generating an alarm, and which comprises;

a provider which provides state probability based upon one of;

a state probability table in which the state probability corresponds to, in advance, a value of a first biological signal; and

a calculation based on a deemed continuous value based on a measured first biological signal;

an acquirer which acquires a first biological signal in time series from a living body, and which acquires, from the provider, state probability in time series that corresponds to a value of the acquired first biological signal in time series; and

a determiner which calculates, by using a recurrence expression, present determination probability based on;

present state probability acquired by the acquirer; and

past determination probability, and which performs a determination whether a process is performed or not using the present determination probability, wherein

the calculation controller determines whether the alarm is currently on or not,

when it is determined that the alarm is not currently on, (i) the determiner compares the calculated present determination probability with a first threshold to determine whether a process of generating an alarm is performed or not, and (ii) when the determiner determines to generate the alarm, the calculation controller initiates generation of the alarm and an alarm generation flag is set; and

when it is determined that the alarm is currently on, (i) the determiner compares the calculated present determination probability with a second threshold to determine whether a process of stopping the alarm is performed or not, and (ii) when the determiner determines to stop the alarm, the calculation controller initiates stoppage of the alarm and the alarm generation flag is reset.

2. The biological signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first threshold is an upper threshold and the second threshold is a lower threshold, and the determiner performs the determination with hysteresis by using the upper threshold and the lower threshold.

3. The biological signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determiner calculates the determination probability based on Bayes'"'"'s theorem.

4. The biological signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display; and

a display controller which displays the determination probability acquired by the determiner on the display.

5. The biological signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a corrector which corrects the state probability acquired by the acquirer based on a second biological signal which is identical with or different from the first biological signal.

6. A method of controlling a medical apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring a first biological signal in time series from a living body, and acquiring state probability in time series that corresponds to a value of the acquired first biological signal in time series, based upon one of;

a state probability table in which the state probability corresponds to, in advance, a value of a first biological signal; and

a calculation based on a deemed continuous value based on a measured first biological signal;

calculating, by using a recurrence expression, present determination probability based on;

present state probability of the acquired state probability; and

past determination probability;

determining whether an alarm is currently on or not;

when it is determined that the alarm is not currently on, (i) comparing the calculated present determination probability with a first threshold to determine whether a process of generating an alarm is performed or not and (ii) when it is determined to generate the alarm, initiating generation of the alarm and setting an alarm generation flag; and

when it is determined that the alarm is currently on, (i) comparing the calculated present determination probability with a second threshold to determine whether a process of stopping the alarm is performed or not and (ii) when it is determined to stop the alarm, initiating stoppage of the alarm and resetting the alarm generation flag.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first threshold is an upper threshold and the second threshold is a lower threshold, and hysteresis including the upper threshold and the lower threshold is used.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the determination probability is calculated based on Bayes'"'"'s theorem.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

displaying the determination probability.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

correcting the acquired state probability based on a second biological signal which is identical with or different from the first biological signal.