Title :
Instrumentation for measuring frequency of cough
Author :
Jaeger, R.J. ; Szidon, J.P. ; Doucette, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
Existing methods of determining cough frequency rely on self-report or tedious manual scoring. A new method for detecting cough is developed based on continuous sensing of three physiological events that occur during a cough. The method for counting coughs consists of detecting three events occurring above a threshold: electromyographic (EMG) activity of expiratory muscles, acceleration/vibration of the abdominal wall, and sound. The ultimate goal of this research is the production of a monitor for cough, similar to a Holter electrocardiographic event recorder
Keywords :
acceleration measurement; bioacoustics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; electromyography; frequency measurement; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; vibration measurement; EMG activity; abdominal wall acceleration; abdominal wall vibration; biomedical monitor; continuous sensing; cough frequency measurement instrumentation; cough monitor; expiratory muscles; medical instrumentation; physiological events; Abdomen; Acceleration; Biomedical monitoring; Electromyography; Event detection; Frequency measurement; Humans; Instruments; Microphones; Muscles;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579871
