Title :
Distinguishing between asthma and pneumonia through automated lung sound analysis
Author :
Bouzakine, T.A. ; Carey, R.M. ; Taranhike, G.N. ; Eder, T.J. ; Shonat, R.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
Abstract :
To help bridge the gap between common respiratory diagnosis and modern computer technology, we propose a system to record lung sounds in patients and digitally analyze them. This system distinguishes between asthma and pneumonia, two commonly misdiagnosed diseases.
Keywords :
diseases; lung; medical computing; patient diagnosis; pneumodynamics; asthma; automated lung sound analysis; common respiratory diagnosis; disease; lung sound recording; modern computer technology; pneumonia; Biomedical engineering; Bridges; Computer displays; Diseases; Hardware; Lungs; Microphones; Stethoscope; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9105-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432010
