Method for automatic detection of wheezing in lung sounds

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 674-684

  Riella, Riella J ^a,b   Nohama, Percy ^a   Maia, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Digital image processing; Lung sounds; Spectrogram; Wheezes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIGITAL IMAGING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG; SOUND DETECTION; SPECTROGRAM; WHEEZING;

EID: 68649116774     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009000700013     Document Type: Article

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