Airway area by acoustic reflection: A corrected derivation for the two-microphone method

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-662

  Poort, K L ^a   Fredberg, J J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; MICROPHONE; PRESSURE; REFLECTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY; THEORY; TUBE;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA;

EID: 0033430378     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2800872     Document Type: Article

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