| 摘要 |
We disclose a system, an apparatus, and a method for high frequency temperature monitoring and analysis. According to a disclosed embodiment the system comprises: (a) a wireless temperature acquisition and logging device especially designed for multi-day, high-frequency, and high-resolution temperature sampling; and (b) an analysis system implemented in a digital computer with one or more processors in order to analyze and characterize said temperature using a plurality of methods including complexity analysis techniques such as Lempel-Ziv complexity, Approximate Entropy, Sample Entropy, Multiscale Entropy, and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis; and other statistical time-series analysis techniques. According to one embodiment the temperature monitoring system is designed to capture the dynamic aspects of temperature in order to enable researchers and clinicians to study temperature regulation, thermal physiology, and clinical thermometry. |
