Method and apparatus for generating a smoking history index
Capnography data is used to generate a smoking history indicator through feature extraction and machine learning, addressing the challenge of assessing smoking exposure's impact on respiratory health and informing treatment strategies.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025548358
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2023-02-21
- Filing Date
- 2024-02-21
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-27
AI Technical Summary
Determining the effects of lifetime smoking exposure and its severity on respiratory health has proven difficult, making it challenging to inform treatment choices and track changes in cardiopulmonary status following smoking cessation.
Utilizing capnography data to generate a smoking history indicator by extracting features from respiratory waveforms, such as lung age and pack-years, and employing machine learning models to estimate smoking history decoupled from cardiorespiratory disease indicators.
Enables accurate estimation of smoking history, allowing for informed treatment decisions and tracking the effectiveness of smoking cessation and treatment, as well as the progression of cardiopulmonary diseases.
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