Validity and reliability of acoustic analysis of respiratory sounds in infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1059-1063

  Elphick, H E ^a   Lancaster, G A ^b   Solis, A ^a   Majumdar, A ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Smyth, R L ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOUND DETECTION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STETHOSCOPE; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEEZING; AUSCULTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTICS; AUSCULTATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 7944222880     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.046458     Document Type: Article

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