• DocumentCode
    1994676
  • Title

    In-vitro study of mechanical heart valve sound loudness as measured by ISO-532/B

  • Author

    Erickson, Richard ; Thulin, Lars ; Richard, Gerald

  • Author_Institution
    CarboMedics Inc., Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    10-12 Jun 1994
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    A special test chamber and measurement procedure was developed for in-vitro study of heart valve sound loudness. Loudness is measured with ISO-532/B (Zwicker method). An initial study was performed on eight different models of size 25 aortic mechanical valves
  • Keywords
    acoustic intensity measurement; loudness; prosthetics; ISO-532/B; Zwicker method; aortic mechanical valves; in-vitro study; measurement procedure; mechanical heart valve sound loudness; test chamber; Acoustic noise; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic testing; Cardiology; Heart valves; In vitro; Mechanical variables measurement; Noise measurement; Prosthetics; Working environment noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1994., Proceedings 1994 IEEE Seventh Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Winston-Salem, NC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-6256-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CBMS.1994.315986
  • Filename
    315986