Automated analysis of data is inferior to visual analysis of ambulatory sleep apnea monitoring

Respiration

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-241

  Fietze, Ingo ^a,b   Glos, Martin ^a   Röttig, Jens ^a   Witt, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Merlin system; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BODY POSITION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0036316165     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063626     Document Type: Article

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