Nox Medical’s artificial intelligence-driven sleep test software, Noxturnal, is officially compatible with Citrix, a remote digital access system used by medical professionals, according to a recently published announcement on Citrix’s website.
All diagnostic devices from Nox Medical come with the integrated Noxturnal software, which comes with both autoscoring capabilities and allows for manual scoring of the raw sleep study data. Noxturnal is included with the polysomnography monitor the Nox A1s, and the home sleep apnea test the Nox T3s.
“Citrix users across the world can now look up the Noxturnal software in the Citrix Ready Marketplace and find information about what Citrix setups are compatible with the Noxturnal regular install and setup,” says Valgeir Tómasson, product manager of medical systems at Nox Medical.
Designed for ease of use with a customizable automatic analysis setup, Noxturnal generates a user-friendly overview of each patient’s sleep data via a recording results page. The software also comes with a customizable workspace layout and a customizable sleep study report.
The software incorporates a wide range of algorithms, including sleep staging, arousal detection, apnea hypopnea index (AHI), snoring, periodic limb movement, and more. In recent publications, Noxturnal’s respiratory analysis is shown to be accurate and reliable when compared to a manually scored AHI.
One study, published in the journal Sleep and Breathing, compared Noxturnal with nine human scorers from seven sleep labs across the world. The study found strong AHI scoring agreement between the automatic scoring of Noxturnal and manually scored recordings from experienced technologists.
By officially becoming Citrix compatible, more sleep labs in the United States may rely on Nox technology for their sleep studies.
The scoring parameters in a default Noxturnal report include sleep stages, arousal, respiratory parameters, signal quality, oxygen saturation, position, analysis time, and cardiac events.
Additionally, Noxturnal comes with an algorithm that can turn respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) signals into calibrated RIP signals.
With the calibrated signals, the system can derive flow from the Nox RIP belts that can complement the flow signal from the nasal cannula. The extra signal can also be used for patients who cannot use a nasal cannula or in other instances when the nasal cannula signal is missing.
The Noxturnal software comes integrated within Nox Medical’s diagnostic sleep technology, can only be used with Nox devices, and cannot be purchased separately from Nox Medical equipment. A demo of the software is available for healthcare providers who are interested in understanding more about automatic sleep scoring with Nox diagnostic technology.
References:
Xu L, et al. Validation of the Nox-T3 portable monitor for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in Chinese adults. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 May 15;13(5):675-83.
Magalang UJ, Johns JN, Wood KA, et al. Home sleep apnea testing: comparison of manual and automated scoring across international sleep centers. Sleep Breath. 2019;23(1):25-31. doi:10.1007/s11325-018-1715-6
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