Coupled mobile phone platform with peak flow meter enables real-time lung function assessment

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-691

  Bumatay, Antoinette ^a   Chan, Remy ^a   Lauher, Keith ^a   Kwan, Alice M ^a   Stoltz, Tod ^b   Delplanque, Jean Pierre ^a   Kenyon, Nicholas J ^b   Davis, Cristina E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; peak expiratory flow (PEF); personal mobile devices; respiratory diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE SYMPTOMS; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICATION REGIMEN; MOBILE PHONE PLATFORMS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOWS; PEAK FLOWS; PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; MOBILE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 84856861028     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2143403     Document Type: Article

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