Chi Mei Medical Center

Astek Technology Ltd.

Bor-Shyh Lin

Jhi-Joung Wang

Jen-Yin Chen

Jiun-Hung Lin

Chun-Hao Lu

Willy Chou

Cheng-Chi Tai

Hsiu-Nien Shen

Ming-Jen Sheu

A method, a system and a program product for evaluating an intestinal function using bowel sounds are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: A. continuously monitoring an abdominal cavity of an examinee within a specific time by using an audio collection apparatus, collecting a bowel sound signal of an intestinal tract inside the abdominal cavity, and converting the bowel sound signal into a digital signal; B. using higher-order statistics (HOS), by a processing unit, to remove noise from the digital signal; C. using a fractal dimension algorithm, by the processing unit, to capture a high-complexity feature from the digital signal, and defining the high-complexity feature as an intestinal motility signal, and D. evaluating the intestinal function of the examinee, by the processing unit, according to the intestinal motility signal.

Method, system and program product for evaluating intestinal function using bowel sounds

A bowel sound analysis method and system utilizes an audio collection apparatus to continuously monitor an abdominal cavity of an examinee and collect a bowel sound signal of an intestinal tract inside the abdominal cavity, converts the bowel sound signal into a digital signal, then removes noise from the digital signal by using higher-order statistics (HOS) and captures a high-complexity feature from the digital signal by using fractal dimension algorithm, and subsequently defines the high-complexity feature as an intestinal motility signal. Therefore, according to the intestinal motility signal, a time point when intestinal motility occurs in the intestinal tract inside the abdominal cavity of the examinee can be learned, and bowel sound features such as the amplitude, frequency, and period of the intestinal motility signal may further be analyzed to determine a health condition of the intestinal tract.

Bowel sound analysis method and system

A method for detecting abnormal state of medical container contains steps of: enabling a weight detecting unit to detect weight of a medical container which is coupled with a patient to acquire content change data; enabling an inclination detecting unit to detect inclination state of the medical container to acquire inclination data; receiving the content change data and the inclination data by a controlling unit; and comparing the content change data and the inclination data with preset content data and initial inclination data respectively, such that when the content change data is different from the preset content data, a warning unit is started by the controlling unit; or when the inclination data is different from the initial inclination data, the warning unit is started by the controlling unit. In addition, a device for detecting abnormal state of the medical container matches is used to execute above-mentioned steps.

Method and device for detecting abnormal state of medical container

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Bor-Shyh Lin