System to determine a relative amount of patternness

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1996-09-19

1998-06-23

Kamm, William E.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Cardiovascular

600300, 600544, 600546, 128920, A61B 50402

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057697930

ABSTRACT:
A quantification of approximate entropy is determined on a set of data by comparing subsets of the data. The comparison reveals the regularity and stability of similar patterns amongst subsets of the data. The comparisons perform such that the contribution of noise to measurement of the regularity and stability is minimized. Quantitative values are assigned to measure the degree of regularity and stability. From these quantitative values a single output measure is generated indicative of the amount of patternness of the sequence of data. The calculations required to determine this approximate entropy are preferably performed within a data processing system. Numerous peripheral devices may be attached to such a data processing system. The types of data for which the approximate entropy may be calculated include any sets of data wherein the amount of patternness is sought.

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