Title :
Intrauterine Acoustics Embedded Active Noise Controller
Author :
Thanigai, Priya ; Kuo, Sen M.
Author_Institution :
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb
Abstract :
This paper presents a pioneering healthcare application of active noise control (ANC)-the intrauterine acoustics embedded ANC system for reducing noise levels inside infant incubators in neonatal intensive care units. Incorporating intrauterine audio with incubators has proven medical benefits. However it is necessary to develop an ANC system to optimize the benefits of the integration. A computer model utilizing measured transfer functions from an experimental setup is developed for simulations using real medical equipment noise. An average cancellation of 16 dB was observed. The simulation of the audio integrated ANC system produced optimal results and the system was validated to be robust and efficient.
Keywords :
active noise control; health care; medical control systems; paediatrics; healthcare application; infant incubators; intrauterine acoustics embedded active noise controller; neonatal intensive care units; noise level reduction; Active noise reduction; Application software; Biomedical acoustics; Computational modeling; Control systems; Medical control systems; Medical services; Medical simulation; Noise level; Pediatrics;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 2007. CCA 2007. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0442-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0443-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.2007.4389425
