Development of an alarm sound database and simulator

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 317-327

  Takeuchi, Akihiro ^a   Hirose, Minoru ^a   Shinbo, Toshiro ^a   Imai, Megumi ^a   Mamorita, Noritaka ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alarm sound; Multimedia database; Simulator; WAV file

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SIMULATORS;

ALARM SOUND DATABASE; ALARM SOUND SIMULATOR; INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE PACKAGE;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFUSION PUMP; INTERNET; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECORDING; SIMULATOR; VENTILATOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SOFTWARE; SOUND;

EID: 33750556876     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-006-9037-9     Document Type: Article

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