Auscultation Research and Software - Heart Sounds
From: Vladimir Kudriavtsev (info_at_bsignetics.com)
Date: 09/29/04
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Date: 28 Sep 2004 21:10:50 -0700
Biosignetics - State-of-the Art Heart Auscultation Diagnosis Tools are
Highlighted on World Heart Day
Exeter, NH (PRWEB) September 28, 2004 -- Cardiac Examination – New
Tools are Available for Basic Research and Medical Education
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) heart disease and
stroke kill some 17 million people a year, which is almost one-third
of all deaths globally. By 2020, heart disease and stroke will become
the leading cause of both death and disability worldwide, with the
number of fatalities projected to increase to over 20 million a year
and by 2030 to over 24 million a year.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2004/en/pr68_chart.gif
According to Dr Judith Mackay, co-author of the WHO Atlas of heart
disease and stroke, said: "No matter what advances there are in
high-technology medicine, the fundamental message is that any major
reduction in deaths and disability from heart disease and stroke will
come primarily from prevention, not just cure." We believe that early
cardiac physical examination (screening) will become a fundamental
element of any prevention program.
The second release of Heart Energy Signature phonocardiograph software
was launched on 23 September 2004, to coincide with World Heart Day,
Sunday September 26, 2004.
http://www.bsignetics.com/prod01.htm
Heart Energy Signature is expected to provide a powerful new tool to
stimulate cardiac auscultation education and non-clinical basic
research in Medical Colleges and Medical Teaching Hospitals around the
world. It offers both qualitative and quantitative way of representing
all heart sounds making auscultation findings easy to document,
understand, share, classify and diagnose.
http://www.bsignetics.com/DSteth.jpg
Heart Energy Signature's main component is the joint time frequency
domain two dimensional color display of heart signal energy.
http://www.bsignetics.com/HES.jpg
Heart Energy Signature offers a comprehensive solution for the
noninvasive screening of the heart conditions. It allows
differentiating changes in heart beat energy simultaneously in time
and in frequency. It makes possible to precisely "X-Ray" hidden sound
morphology. Digital phonocardiograph can only represent heart sound
content changes in time (phonocardiogram). Although extremely useful,
such content can not be used for precise characterization of the heart
condition or for the early heart diagnostics.
Biosignetics software tools based on the Heart Energy Signature
provide an effective way to screen out heart sound imperfections early
on. Our scientists have developed Atlas of Heart Sound Diseases with
over 100 pages of phonocardiograms, heart energy signatures,
spectrograms documenting human heart conditions (stenosis,
regurgitation, splits, clicks, gallops, snaps, rumble, valve prolapse,
murmurs, septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal
defect). Resulting heart sound images are self-referencing and can be
easily understood by the physicians, medical researchers and patients
alike.
http://www.bsignetics.com/photo_galleryAortic.htm
First edition of the Atlas will be made available on the Worlds Heart
Day, September 26, 2004.
Biosignetics continues its advanced research to develop ultra-fast,
accurate and comprehensive signal processing algorithms and software
tools to process dynamic biosignatures. This will in turn enable early
detection of heart imperfections in their early stages. Company
research proposal was selected to be the semi-finalist at the US
Advance Technology Program (ATP) managed by the National Institute of
Standards. ATP Program funds high risk high payoff path-breaking
research from all technology areas.
Biosignetics is welcoming the medical researchers and practitioners to
jointly conduct clinical research on advancement of sound-based
characterization of specific heart conditions and diseases,
interventional procedures and medical treatments.
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ABOUT BIOSIGNETICS
Biosignetics has developed and commercialized patent pending Heart
Energy Signature format and method. Company continues its research and
regulatory efforts to obtain FDA clearance and CE mark for clinical
diagnosis applications.
Press Contact: Vladimir Kudriavtsev
Company Name: BIOSIGNETICS CORPORATION, Digital Stethoscope Company
Email: info@bsignetics.com
Website: http://www.bsignetics.com
More Information: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/9/prweb162074.htm
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