Time-frequency analysis of pediatric murmurs

被引：0

作者：

Lombardo, JS ^{[1
]}

Blodgett, LA ^{[1
]}

Rosen, RS ^{[1
]}

Najmi, AH ^{[1
]}

Thompson, WR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD 20723 USA

来源：

BIOMEDICAL SENSING AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEEDINGS OF | 1998年 / 3253卷

关键词：

pediatric murmurs; signal processing; time-frequency analysis; spectrogram; Wigner distributions; Wavelet transforms;

D O I：

10.1117/12.308027

中图分类号：

R318 [生物医学工程];

学科分类号：

0831 ;

摘要：

Technology has provided many new tools to assist in the diagnosis of pathologic conditions of the heart. Echocardiography, Ultrafast CT (Cine-CT), and MRT are just a few. While these tools are a valuable resource, they are typically too expensive, large and complex in operation for use in rural, homecare, and physician's office settings. Recent advances in computer performance, miniaturization, and acoustic signal processing, have yielded new technologies that when applied to heart sounds can provide low cost screening for pathologic conditions. The short duration and transient nature of these signals requires processing techniques that provide high resolution in both time and frequency. Short-time Fourier transforms, Wigner distributions, and Wavelet transforms have been applied to signals from hearts with various pathologic conditions. While no single technique provides the ideal solution, the combination of tools provides a good representation of the acoustic features of the pathologies selected.

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页码：177 / 187

页数：11