Automatic identification and accurate temporal detection of inhalations in asthma inhaler recordings

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2595-2598

  Holmes, Martin S ^a   Le Menn, Marine ^a   D'Arcy, Shona ^a   Rapcan, Viliam ^a   MacHale, Elaine ^b   Costello, Richard W ^b   Reilly, Richard B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION; DATA SETS; DRY POWDER INHALER; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS; RECORDING DEVICES; TEMPORAL DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION;

DISEASES;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRY POWDER INHALER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DRY POWDER INHALERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882993005     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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