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Investigating human biosignals using differential geometry invariants for cardiovascular analysis. Measuring pulse wave velocity and movement activity in patients, highlighting the importance of curvature invariance.
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Analysisofbiomedicalsignalsusingdifferential geometry invariants Filip Studnička University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Biosignals • wemeasurehumanbiosignalsusingaccelerometricand tensometricsensorsplaced in medicalbed • weobtain n-signalsfromthosesensors • thosesignalscanbedescribedas 1D manifolds(curves) embedded in Rn • sincehumanhaemodynamicsdoes not depend on rotationortranslationofthe body, thosecurves are invariant underthosetransformations – invariant undertheactionofspecialorthogonalgroup SO(3) x Rn
Human cardiovascular system • humancardiovascularsystemis a branchinggraphconsistingof aorta, aorta branchings, arteries, etc., on whichthe pulse waveispropagating
Velocity of the pulse wave • thevelocityofthe pulse wavewasmeasuredusingaplanation tonometry and accelerometricsensors • theoccurenceofthepropagating pulse wavemeasuredusing a.t. was done on thecarotid and on thefemoralarteryusingpressuresensors • thepeaks in curvaturecorrespond to thebend in thetravelof pulse wavethroughaortic arch and to therepellationofthe pulse wave on thebiffurcation in the abdomen • ifweassume, thatthe distance betweenaortic arch and carotidequalsthe distance betweenbiffurcation and femoralarterythenwecancomparethevelocitiesmeasuredusingabovementionedmethods • themeasurementwas done on approx. 50 people
Mass invariant • for monitoring ofmovementactivityofthepatientthemass invariant wasused • therewerefourweightsensorsinstalled in themedicalbed • ifweaddallthosesignalsweobtainthemass invariant (totalmass on thebed) • in theoryifthereis no external influence, theintegralofthemass invariant oversometime isalwayszero • usingthisproperty, wecandistignuishbetweenthemovementofthepatienthimself and e.g. theturningofthepatient by a nurse
Special affine curvature • sincehuman body iscontinuouslydeformed by theprocesessinsideit, wedecided to exploreotherinvariantsthaneuclideancurvature • wereplacedthespecialorthogonalgroup by thespeciallineargroup, whichisthegroupofvolumepreservingtransformations: SL(3) x Rn whichiscalledaffinespeciallineargroup • itshows, thatusingspecialaffinecurvature, thesmallvibrations and noise are suppressed and theheamodynamicsishighlighted