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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2001
Raymond L. Watrous, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A diagnostic decision support system provides diagnostic decision support for auditory evaluation of anatomical features and is applicable to virtually any living creature. The system processes an acoustic signal for medical applications by acquiring acoustic data representative of an acoustic signal associated with an anatomical function. The acquired acoustic data is stored in a file associated with a patient medical record. The acquired acoustic data and medical record information is automatically analyzed to determine physiologically significant features useful in medical diagnosis. Information is generated supporting medical diagnosis based on the automatic analysis. In addition, the analysis of the acquired acoustic data may be partially automatic and involve User input of information for use in facilitating diagnostic decision making. The system also processes patient identification information and acoustic test type information (e.g. identifying anatomical function, anatomical condition, auditory test anatomical location or patient posture).