Formant frequencies of normal breath sounds of snorers may indicate the risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3500-3503

  Solà Soler, Jordi ^a   Jané, Raimon ^a   Fiz, José Antonio ^b   Morera, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

BREATH SOUNDS; BREATHING SOUNDS; FORMANT FREQUENCY; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; UPPER AIRWAY;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING; EXHALATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BODY MASS INDEX; EXHALATION; HUMANS; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 61849171905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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