Relevant Contributions to an Adaptive Control System for the Neuromuscular Blockade

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2003

Authors

Teresa Feio Mendonça (Author) Other; Maria Eduarda Silva (Author) FEP; Isabel Silva (Author) FEUP; Hugo Fialho Magalhães (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings de EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, HYBRID SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION ON SMART ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS, EUNITE 2003

Pages: 295-301

EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, HYBRID SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION ON SMART ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS

Oulu, Finlândia, 10 a 11 de Julho de 2003

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

Other information

Abstract (EN): The aim of this paper is to illustrate how statistical techniques based on Walsh-Fourier spectral analysis (WFA) contributes to the design of an on-line adaptive control system for neuromuscular blockade that could be used successfully in a wide range of populations. It is found that neuromuscular blockade levels at the average periods indicated by WFA have a high predictive power for the parameters of the controller, providing additional information about the model. A classification algorithm, based on the observed values of neuromuscular blockade level at significant WFA periods, enables the on-line individual tuning of a time varying adaptive reference profile, hence decreasing the overshoot. The system provides strong robustness to inter and intra-individual variability of the patient's responses and adaptation to the individual requirements.

Language: French

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7