Comparison of Spectral Analysis Methods of Prosthetic Heart Valve Sound

인공판막의 판막음 스펙트럼 분석방법 비교

  • Lee, H.J. (Dept. of Biomedical Eng., Yonsei Univ.) ;
  • Kim, S.H. (Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei Univ.) ;
  • Chang, B.C. (Dept. of Thorac. & Cardiovas. Surg., Yonsei Univ.) ;
  • Tack, G. (Dept. of Biomedical Eng., Konkuk Univ.) ;
  • Cho, B.K. (Dept. of Thorac. & Cardiovas. Surg., Yonsei Univ.) ;
  • Yoo, S.K. (Dept. of Biomedical Eng., Yonsei Univ.)
  • Published : 1997.05.23

Abstract

The analysis of heart sounds is a noninvasive diagnostic method useful to diagnose heart valve function. In this paper we compared the ability of spectral analysis method for prosthetic heart valve sounds. Phonocardiograms of prosthetic heart valve were analyzed in order to derive frequency domain feature suitable for the classification of the valve state. The FFT-based methods did not provide sufficient frequency resolution to completely characterize the spectrum of prosthetic heart valve sounds. A high resolution parametric methods were shown to give superior frequency resolution. In parametric methods, all methods provide a 1st & 2nd & 3rd frequency component. But Shank method provided a most dominant frequency peak.

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