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
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