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
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