Respiratory sound annotation software

HEALTHINF 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-188

  Dinis, João ^a   Campos, Guilherme ^b   Rodrigues, João ^b   Marques, Alda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adventitious lung sounds; Asthma; COPD; Crackles; Cystic fibrosis; Diagnosis; Pneumonia; Respiratory cycles; Respiratory diseases; Wheezes

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COPD; CRACKLES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; LUNG SOUNDS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY CYCLE; WHEEZES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84861982798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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