Measurements and theory of normal tracheal breath sounds

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1344-1351

  Beck, Raphael ^a   Rosenhouse, Giora ^a   Mahagnah, Muhammad ^a   Chow, Raymond M ^b   Cugell, David W ^b   Gavriely, Noam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway mechanics; Auscultation; Gas density; Pulmonary acoustics; Sound transmission; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY MECHANICS; AUSCULTATION; GAS DENSITY; PULMONARY ACOUSTICS; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; TRACHEA;

ADULT; AUSCULTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

EID: 27244434765     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-5564-7     Document Type: Article

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