Study of the relationship between Pulse Photopletismography amplitude decrease events and sleep apneas in children

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3887-3890

  Gil, Eduardo ^a   Vergara, José María ^a   Laguna, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Sleep Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PULSE PHOTOPLETISMOGRAPHY (PPG); RESPIRATORY SIGNALS; SLEEP APNEAS;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ROC CURVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84903877273     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259997     Document Type: Conference Paper

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