Simultaneous digitization of upper airway fiber-optic images and respiratory signals

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 883-890

  Taha, Basel H ^a   Morrell, Mary J ^a   Wekheiser, Mark ^a   Safwan Badr, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Sleep apnea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTERS; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; PHARYNX; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030809881     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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