DocumentCode
3219120
Title
Distinguishing between asthma and pneumonia through automated lung sound analysis
Author
Bouzakine, T.A. ; Carey, R.M. ; Taranhike, G.N. ; Eder, T.J. ; Shonat, R.D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
2-3 April 2005
Firstpage
241
Lastpage
243
Abstract
To help bridge the gap between common respiratory diagnosis and modern computer technology, we propose a system to record lung sounds in patients and digitally analyze them. This system distinguishes between asthma and pneumonia, two commonly misdiagnosed diseases.
Keywords
diseases; lung; medical computing; patient diagnosis; pneumodynamics; asthma; automated lung sound analysis; common respiratory diagnosis; disease; lung sound recording; modern computer technology; pneumonia; Biomedical engineering; Bridges; Computer displays; Diseases; Hardware; Lungs; Microphones; Stethoscope; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9105-5
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-9106-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432010
Filename
1432010
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