• DocumentCode
    2523737
  • Title

    A new pressure sensor-based electronic medical device for the analysis of lung sounds

  • Author

    Marani, Roberto ; Perri, Anna G.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Electron. Dept., Polytech. of Bari, Bari, Italy
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    26-28 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1445
  • Lastpage
    1447
  • Abstract
    In this paper a new pressure sensor-based electronic device for the analysis of lung sounds has been designed and prototyped. The device allows the effective auscultation, the accurate processing and the detailed visualization (temporal and frequency graphs) of any lung sound. Moreover it is suitable for the continuous real-time monitoring of breathing functions, resulting very useful to diagnose respiratory pathologies. It provides medical specialists with a totally non-invasive high-engineering device able to detect and analyze the widest number of data for the monitoring of the respiratory system by the simple recording and evaluation of lung sounds being a substantiated correlation between lung sounds and diseases.
  • Keywords
    biosensors; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; pressure sensors; breathing functions; continuous real-time monitoring; diagnose respiratory pathologies; electronic medical device; high-engineering device; lung sounds analysis; pressure sensor; Acoustic sensors; Biomedical monitoring; Diseases; Frequency; Lungs; Medical diagnostic imaging; Prototypes; Remote monitoring; Respiratory system; Stethoscope;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    MELECON 2010 - 2010 15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Valletta
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5793-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MELCON.2010.5476220
  • Filename
    5476220