Description
Check a timestamp against a supplied artifact interval.
Anesthesia-related research and training records require explicit clocks, missingness flags, exclusions and measurement references. These tools reconcile benign records, simulations or bench data; an acceptable local overlap or composition sum does not establish clinical adequacy or safe patient care. Censored observations provide bounds rather than observed event times.
Check a timestamp against a supplied artifact interval.
When to use this tool
Use Monitor Artifact Censor Boundary when checking the stated benign record, simulation, timing or bench-measurement convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter time, artifactStart, artifactEnd, includeStart, includeEnd. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read censored. Inspect censored before interpreting the associated values.
Check a timestamp against a supplied artifact interval. Require ordered artifact bounds; censored uses independently open/closed start/end flags.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| time | Time | Required. Finite number. |
| artifactStart | Artifact Start | Required. Finite number. |
| artifactEnd | Artifact End | Required. Finite number. |
| includeStart | Include Start | Required. Boolean. |
| includeEnd | Include End | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| censored | Censored | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"time": 5,
"artifactStart": 5,
"artifactEnd": 8,
"includeStart": true,
"includeEnd": false
},
"output": {
"censored": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- This does not detect signal artifacts, censor data externally or establish clinically valid monitoring.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use verified source records and appropriate complete analysis for research or quality review; seek qualified medical and engineering assessment for actual clinical care or equipment decisions.
References
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