DocumentCode
1957756
Title
Airflow perturbation device for measuring human respiratory resistance
Author
Lausted, Christopher G. ; Johnson, Arthur T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biol. Res. Eng., Maryland Univ., MD, USA
fYear
1998
fDate
9-10 Apr 1998
Firstpage
97
Lastpage
99
Abstract
An instrument for the measurement of respiratory resistance, the Airflow Perturbation Device (APD), was constructed and tested on human subjects. The measurement of elevated respiratory resistance is important for the diagnosis of many respiratory diseases. The device is compact, portable, and easy to use. Testing on healthy human subjects showed APD resistance to be sensitive to changes in resistance and correlated with airway resistance as measured by body plethysmography
Keywords
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; pneumodynamics; airflow perturbation device; body plethysmography; compact portable device; human respiratory resistance measurement; human subjects; medical instrumentation; respiratory diseases diagnosis; Anthropometry; Electrical resistance measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Humans; Immune system; Instruments; Lungs; Mouth; Pressure measurement; Respiratory system;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE 24th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location
Hershey, PA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4544-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBC.1998.664889
Filename
664889
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