High frequency region of the snore spectra carry important information on the disease of sleep apnoea

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Emoto, T ^a   Abeyratne, U R ^b   Akutagawa, M ^a   Konaka, S ^a   Kinouchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

High frequency region; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Snoring

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY BANDS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW FREQUENCY BAND; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA; POWER-SPECTRA; SNORING; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; UPPER AIRWAY;

FREQUENCY BANDS; POWER SPECTRUM;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ACOUSTICS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOUND;

ACOUSTICS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; SOUND;

EID: 81155153994     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091902.2011.626838     Document Type: Review

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