{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "5d037743", "metadata": { "id": "5d037743" }, "source": [ "# Data Exploration" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "fbae8e9b", "metadata": { "id": "fbae8e9b" }, "source": [ "Let's begin by exploring data in the MIMIC Waveform Database.\n", "\n", "Our **objectives** are to:\n", "- Review the structure of the MIMIC Waveform Database (considering subjects, studies, records, and segments).\n", "- Load waveforms using the WFDB toolbox.\n", "- Find out which signals are present in selected records and segments, and how long the signals last.\n", "- Search for records that contain signals of interest." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "0b240726", "metadata": { "id": "0b240726" }, "source": [ "
Resource: You can find out more about the MIMIC Waveform Database here.
\n", "Resource: You can find out more about the WFDB package here.
\n", "Q: Can you print the names of the last five records?
Hint: in Python, the last five elements can be specified using '[-5:]'
Q: Which of these signals is no longer present in segment '83411188_0005'?
\n", "Question: Is this enough data for a study? Consider different types of studies, e.g. assessing the performance of a previously proposed algorithm to estimate BP from the PPG signal, vs. developing a deep learning approach to estimate BP from the PPG.
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