Incomplete forced expiration - Estimating vital capacity by a mathematical method

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-359

  Steltner, Holger ^a   Vogel, Michael ^b   Sprung, Eva ^b   Timmer, Jens ^a   Guttmann, Josef ^b   Sorichter, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung function; Multi exponential modelling; Spirometry; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FORCED EXPIRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 4444334791     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079639     Document Type: Article

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