Inventors:
Edward M. McKenna - Boulder CO, US
Daniel Peters - Longmont CO, US
Youzhi Li - Longmont CO, US
Assignee:
Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC - Boulder CO
International Classification:
A61B 5/024, A61B 5/026, A61B 5/02, A61B 5/08, A61B 5/00
US Classification:
600301, 600504, 600500, 600508, 600529, 600300
Abstract:
Present embodiments relate to systems, methods, and devices for decomposing a physiological signal of a patient using empirical mode decomposition (EMD). In one embodiment, the EMD algorithm may involve identifying a frequency component, referred to as an intrinsic mode function, in the physiological signal. The physiological signal may be decomposed into one or more intrinsic mode functions through multiple iterations of the EMD algorithm. Each subsequent mode function may have a different frequency component of the original physiological signal input into the EMD algorithm. In some embodiments, each mode function may be further analyzed and/or processed to determine various physiological data corresponding to blood flow in the patient.