Signal processing method and device for signal-to-noise improvement
US7060035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/1455
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus extract a signal component of a measured signal using one of two methods. If the signal component in the measured signal is a periodic signal with a certain well-defined peak-to-peak intensity value, upper and lower envelopes of the measured signal are determined and analyzed to extract said signal component of the measured signal. This signal component can further be used to calculate a desired parameter of the sample. The DC component of the signal is determined as the median value of the upper envelope, and the AC component is determined as the median value of the difference between the upper and lower envelopes. If the signal component of the measured signal is a periodic signal characterized by a specific asymmetric shape, a specific adaptive filtering is applied to the measured signal, resulting in the enhancement of the signal component relative to a noise component. This adaptive filtering is based on a derivative of the Gaussian Kernel having specific parameters matching the characteristics of the signal component.
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