Patent ID: 8041417
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A61B,G06K,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for diagnosing a risk of cardiac dysfunction associated with a subject, the method executed by one or more computer systems and comprising: receiving electrocardiogram data associated with a subject, the electrocardiogram data comprising a series of RR intervals and a series of QT intervals, wherein the series RR intervals corresponds, in part, to the series of QT intervals; generating a first value which indicates an amount by which uncertainty associated with the series of QT intervals is reduced given the series of RR intervals; generating a second value which indicates an amount by which uncertainty associated with the series of RR intervals is reduced given the series of QT intervals; determining the subject to be associated with a low risk of cardiac dysfunction responsive to the first value exceeding the second value; and providing a result of the determination.