Diagnosis of medical conditions using voice recordings and auscultation
AssigneeCordio Medical Ltd.
InventorIlan D. Shallom
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Abstract
A method for medical diagnosis includes recording voice signals due to sounds spoken by a patient and recording acoustic signals output, simultaneously with the voice signals, by an acoustic transducer in contact with a thorax of the patient. A transfer function is computed between the recorded voice signals and the recorded acoustic signals or between the recorded acoustic signals and the recorded voice signals. The computed transfer function is evaluated in order to assess a medical condition of the patient.
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A method for medical diagnosis, comprising:
- recording voice signals due to sounds spoken by a patient;
- recording acoustic signals output, simultaneously with the voice signals, by an acoustic transducer in contact with a thorax of the patient;
- computing a transfer function between the recorded voice signals and the recorded acoustic signals or between the recorded acoustic signals and the recorded voice signals;
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- evaluating the computed transfer function in order to assess a medical condition of the patient.
Apparatus for medical diagnosis, comprising:
- a memory, which is configured to store recorded voice signals due to sounds spoken by a patient and recorded acoustic signals output, simultaneously with the voice signals, by an acoustic transducer in contact with a thorax of the patient;
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- a processor, which is configured to compute a transfer function between the recorded voice signals and the recorded acoustic signals or between the recorded acoustic signals and the recorded voice signals, and to evaluate the computed transfer function in order to assess a medical condition of the patient.
A computer software product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer to receive voice signals due to sounds spoken by a patient and acoustic signals output, simultaneously with the voice signals, by an acoustic transducer in contact with a thorax of the patient, to compute a transfer function between the recorded voice signals and the recorded acoustic signals or between the recorded acoustic signals and the recorded voice signals, and to evaluate the computed transfer function in order to assess a medical condition of the patient.
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