METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ANALYZING CARDIOVASCULAR SOUNDS USING EIGEN FUNCTIONS

摘要

Non-invasive methods for detecting arterial disease in vivoinclude obtaining acoustic signals from a sensor held on an external body region proximate an artery. A complex frequency grid of frequencies and associated lifetimes of the obtained acoustic signals is generated. A predictive model of complex frequencies associated with peak-perturbation acoustic signals attributed to boundary perturbations in vivo that occur with early stage arterial disease is provided. A predictive model of complex frequencies associated with line-perturbation acoustic signals attributed to boundary perturbations in vivo that occur with later stage arterial disease and thickening of arterial junctions is also provided. It is determined whether peak and/or line-perturbation acoustic signals of the predictive models are present to detect whether the subject has arterial disease.