title: A Portable, PC-Based Monitor for Automated, On-line Cardiorespiratory State Classification.
abstract: We have developed a monitor that acquires, classifies, annotates and displays patient cardiorespiratory data in an on-line and fully automated manner. The monitor is compact, portable and battery-operated; it applies automated methods that detect apnea and classify cardiorespiratory state on-line from non-invasive measurements of patient respiratory movements, blood oxygen saturation and heart rate, logging the raw and processed data. The monitor provides continuous, on-line, objective, standardized cardiorespiratory classification and has a graphical display and interface for patient monitoring by a clinician; it has immediate application in the clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Semienchuk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Motto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Galiana
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown