UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
ELECTRONIC AUSCULTATION AND IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION OF AUSCULTATION AUDIO SAMPLES

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide methods for identifying suspect heart or lung sounds and methods for generating an isolated sound sample. In some embodiments, a method for identifying suspect heart or lung sounds comprises obtaining, by processing circuitry, an instance of data samples comprising at least two audio samples and respiratory and/or cardiac cycle data, the audio samples comprising auscultation sounds of an individual, based on the respiratory and/or cardiac cycle data, processing the at least two audio samples to generate a plurality of sound samples, identifying a primary sound sample, generating at least one of a modified secondary sound or a modified baseline sample and combining the modified secondary sound sample or the modified baseline sample with the primary sound sample to generate an isolated sound sample.