Patent ID: 6968301

Claim:
A computer based method of analysing an evolution of a biological system comprising: determining a series of variables upon which a state of the biological system depends; mapping the variables to an n-dimensional space, where n is an integer greater than 2; monitoring and displaying the evolution of the biological system utilising at least one trajectory formed from sets of the variables of the biological system at different times, thereby using time as a parameter in the n-dimensional space in a manner such that every point on the trajectory corresponds to at least one value of time; evaluating and displaying the evolution of the biological system as indicated by the trajectory utilising different sets of predetermined values of the variables to formulate first and second n-dimensional surfaces representing respective first and second different predetermined states of the biological system within the n-dimensional space; and predicting or projecting for [diagnosis or prognosis] a progression of the trajectory to the first and second surfaces for indicating the normality or abnormality of the evolution of the biological system.