Automatic detection, segmentation and assessment of snoring from ambient acoustic data

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1047-1056

  Duckitt, W D ^a   Tuomi, S K ^a   Niesler, T R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hidden Markov models; Polysomnography; Snoring

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; AUDIO RECORDINGS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC DATA; AMBIENTS; AUDIO DATA; AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC MONITORING; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; HIDDEN-MARKOV MODELS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SNORING;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SNORING; SOUND; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 33748422088     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/27/10/010     Document Type: Article

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