Linear servo-controlled pressure generator for forced oscillation measurements

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-16

  De Lopes Melo, P ^a   Martins Werneck, M ^a   Giannella Neto, Antonio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Antonio Giannella Neto ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forced oscillation; Frequency; Mechanical ventilation; Pressure transducers

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; OPTICAL SENSORS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SERVOMECHANISMS;

FORCED OSCILLATION MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE GENERATORS; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION (THD) MEASUREMENT;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERATOR; IMPEDANCE; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RELIABILITY; SENSOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OPTICS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 6844260555     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522851     Document Type: Article

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