Method of and apparatus for analyzing a signal
US6216094A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0275
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of analyzing a signal representing a physical parameter to obtain information from said signal and to extrapolate information contained in said signal and/or to ignore an interfering component in part of said signal, said signal representing either only a first portion of a skew distribution, or a first portion of a skew distribution and a second portion containing an interfering component, in which the area of a skew distribution, preferably a lognormal distribution is measured. The method is particularly applicable to the measurement of cardiac output. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
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