Detecting Regional Lung Properties using Audio Transfer Functions of the Respiratory System

被引：8

作者：

Mulligan, K. ^{[1
]}

Adler, A. ^{[1
]}

Goubran, R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Carleton Univ, Dept Syst & Comp Engn, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada

来源：

2009 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-20 | 2009年

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333107

中图分类号：

R318 [生物医学工程];

学科分类号：

0831 ;

摘要：

In this study, a novel instrument has been developed for measuring changes in the distribution of lung fluid the respiratory system. The instrument consists of a speaker that inputs a 0 - 4kHz White Gaussian Noise (WGN) signal into a patient's mouth and an array of 4 electronic stethoscopes, linked via a fully adjustable harness, used to recover signals on the chest surface. The software system for processing the data utilizes the principles of adaptive filtering in order to obtain a transfer function that represents the input - output relationship for the signal as the volume of fluid in the lungs is varied. A chest phantom model was constructed to simulate the behavior of fluid related diseases within the lungs through the injection of varying volumes of water. Tests from the phantom model were compared to healthy subjects. Results show the instrument can obtain similar transfer functions and sound propagation delays between both human and phantom chests.

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页码：5697 / 5700

页数：4