METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A LIKELIHOOD OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, ANALYZING CARDIOVASCULAR SOUND SIGNALS REMOTELY FROM THE LOCATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR SOUND SIGNAL ACQUISITION, AND DETERMINING TIME AND PHASE INFORMATION FROM CARDIOVASCULAR SOUND SIGNALS

摘要

A system method, and computer executable code for generating a likelihood of cardiovascular disease from acquired cardiovascular sound signals is disclosed, where the generated likelihood of cardiovascular disease is based at least on an overlapping in time of bruit candidates in one heart cycle or in different heart cycles. Also disclosed is a system, a method, and computer executable code for collecting, forwarding, and analyzing cardiovascular sound signals, where the collecting and analyzing may occur at locations that are remote from each other. Further disclosed is a system, method, and computer executable code for determining the time and phase information contained in cardiovascular sound signals, for use in analyzing those cardiovascular sound signals. The method includes such steps as acquiring cardiovascular sound signals (1000), identifying bruit candidates (3000), and generating a probability indicator (5000).