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
Link To Document :
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