Detection of airway occlusion in simulated obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea using ultrasound: An in vitro study

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 284-287

  Al Abed, Mohammad A ^a   Antich, Peter ^b   Watenpaugh, Donald E ^c   Behbehani, Khosrow ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SLEEP CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC; ADULT POPULATIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SCREENING METHODS; SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING; ULTRASONIC CONTRAST AGENTS; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM;

SLEEP RESEARCH; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TRACHEA;

AIR; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650803787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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