A computer based prediction for diagnosis of Pulmonary Edema

Pulmonary Edema (PE) is a life threatening disease that needs special attention in the area of research and clinical diagnosis. The computer based technique is rarely reported to quantify the intrathoracic fluid for the diagnosis purpose. In the present paper software has been developed to detect and diagnose pulmonary edema using LabVIEW. The developed software is based on physiological measurements and parameters. The computer based technique is accurate and faster. The reported anthropometric measurements are used to determine transthoracic electrical impedance (TEI) and percent control (PC). The programming of LabVIEW software is done and used to compute the parameters involved to find quantitative PE. An equation relating percent control and thoracic fluid volume (TFV) is obtained using Microsoft Excel. The results of predicted TEI and measured TEI are compared to verify the developed program. It is found that the predicted values of TEI of developed computer based technique are much closer to the measured values of TEI in the present work.