Acoustical signal properties for cardiac/respiratory activity and apneas

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1812-1822

  Kaniusas, Eugenijus ^a   Pfützner, Helmut ^a,c   Saletu, Bernd ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Austrian Electrotechnical Society   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements; Apnea classification; Apnea screening; Breathing sounds; Heart sounds; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; APNEA CLASSIFICATION; APNEA SCREENING; BREATHING SOUNDS; HEART SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCES; SNORING;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CARDIOLOGY;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART SOUND; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCREENING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ALGORITHMS; AUSCULTATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEART SOUNDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 27644478239     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.856294     Document Type: Article

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