Basic techniques for respiratory sound analysis

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 10, Issue 77, 2000, Pages 625-635

  Charbonneau, G ^a   Ademovic, E ^a   Cheetham, B M G ^b   Malmberg, L P ^c   Vanderschoot, J ^d   Sovijarvi A R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Respiratory sounds; Sound analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERAGED PERIODOGRAM; CRACKLE; EXPANDED TIME WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NON CLASSICAL SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUND ANALYSIS; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNORING; SOUND ANALYSIS; STRIDOR; WHEEZING;

EID: 84962846477     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: 16000617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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