Fundamentals of respiratory sounds and analysis

• Main Author: Kazem Moussavi, Zahra M. 1960-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering, #8.
• Subjects: Respiratory organs > Sounds.; Auscultation.; Lungs > Diseases > Diagnosis.; Sound > Recording and reproducing > Digital techniques.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Breath sounds have long been important indicators of respiratory health and disease. Acoustical monitoring of respiratory sounds has been used by researchers for various diagnostic purposes. A few decades ago, physicians relied on their hearing to detect any symptomatic signs in respiratory sounds o...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy and physiology of respiratory system
• Overview
• Ventilation parameters
• Lung volumes
• Capacities : combined volumes
• Lung mechanics
• The model of respiratory system
• Vocal tract model
• The acoustic L
• Acoustic C
• Acoustic R
• Acoustic G
• Respiratory sound generation and transmission
• Breath sounds recording
• Breath sound characteristics
• Current research in respiratory acoustics
• Respiratory flow estimation
• Heart sound cancelation
• Heart sound localization
• Comparison between the heart sound localization methods
• Nonlinear analysis of lung sounds for diagnostic purposes
• Adventitious sound detection
• Common symptomatic lung sounds
• Acoustic mapping and imaging of thoracic sounds.