title: Real time analysis of lung sounds.
abstract: This paper describes a real time system for the analysis of pulmonary sounds. The system performs various types of time-domain and spectrographic analysis. It is able to display time-domain waveforms obtained from microphones detecting lung sounds, their power spectra and a real-time linear prediction model instantaneously for the immediate identification of interesting features. Details of the system are presented with examples of clinical research carried out using spectrographic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering & Electronics, Liverpool University, UK.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cheetham
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Earis
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008838:Microcomputers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D012984:Software; D013018:Sound Spectrography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013990:Tidal Volume