Advanced Physiological Signals Processing Lab

Rathinaswamy B. Govindan, Ph.D., is expanding a unique library of analytic tools for the automated analysis of large physiologic system datasets. In the past few years, he has developed novel heart rate variability measures that predict the severity of the autonomic impairment in sick infants better than traditional measures do. He worked with Adré J. du Plessis, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H., to file a provisional patent and to establish animal experiments to validate his novel neuromonitoring tools. Dr. Govindan has also collaborated with neonatologist An Massaro, M.D., and neurologist Nira Schneebaum Sender, M.D., on the characterization of physiological signals of the sick infants. He is currently working on real-time characterization of the physiological signals that can aid intensivists in goal oriented clinical decision-making.