Patent ID: 8979753
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,G01N,G06T,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying risk of a coronary event based on an analysis of multiple risk factors, comprising: providing a reference database comprising a plurality of reference data points, each reference data point representing an (n+1)-dimensional vector comprising a value for each of n risk-factor parameters, wherein n≧2; mapping each reference data point as a map point in a (n+1)-dimensional space, thereby producing a reference map; applying, using a processor, an interpolation algorithm to the reference map to produce an interpolated (n+1)-dimensional map; mapping a query data point associated with a person, comprising values for each of the n risk-factor parameters, onto the interpolated (n+1)-dimensional map; determining an indicator based on one of the predicted outcome values associated with the query data point by mapping, with the function, the query data point's values to a point in the surface, the point in the surface being indicative of the one of the predicted outcome values; and outputting, to an output device, the indicator; wherein the indicator indicates that when the person's HDL level is greater than 1 mmol/L, and given the person's CRP level, (a) an HDL level greater than the person's HDL level presents an increased risk of a coronary event; or (b) an HDL level lower than the person's HDL level presents a decreased risk of a coronary event.