Characterization of crackles from patients with fibrosis, heart failure and pneumonia

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 448-456

  Ponte, Daniel F ^a,b   Moraes, Raimes ^b   Hizume, Deborah C ^c   Alencar, Adriano M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

2CD; CORSA; Lung sounds; Maximum frequency; Wigner Ville Distribution

Indexed keywords

2CD; ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; CORSA; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LUNG SOUNDS; MAXIMUM FREQUENCY; NONSTATIONARY SIGNALS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; HIGH PASS FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION;

CRACKS;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AGED; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPHONE; PNEUMONIA; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STANDARDIZATION; TIDAL VOLUME; WAVEFORM;

AGED; FIBROSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84876139655     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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