Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22666 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Technical Report No. 2006,23
Publisher: 
Universität Dortmund, Sonderforschungsbereich 475 - Komplexitätsreduktion in Multivariaten Datenstrukturen, Dortmund
Abstract: 
Current alarm systems on intensive care units create a very high rate of false positive alarms because most of them simply compare the physiological measurements to fixed thresholds. An improvement can be expected when the actual measurements are replaced by smoothed estimates of the underlying signal. However, classical filtering procedures are not appropriate for signal extraction as standard assumptions, like stationarity, do no hold here: the measured time series often show long periods without change, but also upward or downward trends, sudden shifts and numerous large measurement artefacts. Alternative approaches are needed to extract the relevant information from the data, i.e. the underlying signal of the monitored variables and the relevant patterns of change, like abrupt shifts and trends. This article reviews recent research on filter based online signal extraction methods which are designed for application in intensive care.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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