title: A new method for measuring the pneumotachometer characteristics using a syringe.
abstract: A new method for determining the nonlinear characteristics of pneumotachometers was developed. This method consists of a computer algorithm analyzing unsteady flows generated by a syringe. We removed the possible influence of the frequency characteristics of the measuring system by inserting an acoustic low pass filter in the path of gas flow. Two types of Fleisch pneumotachometers were tested. For a given volume of 3 l, the error of measured volume is 12.5% in uncorrected series and 0.2% in the corrected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003201:Computers; D005540:Forced Expiratory Flow Rates / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013594:Syringes