Pulmonary function testing system for home-based rehabilitation

Author

Tran, B.Q.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

In-home pulmonary function testing and evaluation of pulmonary mechanics can be an effective tool for assessing the longitudinal progression of disease or effectiveness of treatment protocols. A low-cost spirometry system has been developed for use in the home. Preliminary tests used the proposed system to evaluate changes in lung volumes (i.e. vital capacity, inspiratory capacity, expiratory reserve volume, and tidal volume) in both sitting and supine postures

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical transducers; diseases; flowmeters; lung; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; pneumodynamics; telemedicine; disease longitudinal progression; expiratory reserve volume; home-based rehabilitation; in-home pulmonary function testing; inspiratory capacity; low-cost spirometry system; lung volumes; pulmonary function testing system; pulmonary mechanics; sitting posture; supine posture; tidal volume; treatment protocols; vital capacity; Biomedical measurements; Diseases; Fluid flow measurement; Immune system; Lungs; Mechanical factors; Medical treatment; Protocols; System testing; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803837

Filename

803837