title: Impulse oscillometric features of lung function: towards computer-aided classification of respiratory diseases in children.
abstract: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease in children. Reliable and patient-friendly instruments and methods are required to help pulmonologists accurately detect asthma with acceptable clinical accuracy, specificity and sensitivity. Impulse Oscillometry System (IOS) based on the Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) has been successfully used to measure lung function in children with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity to small airway dysfunction (SAD). IOS measures the mechanical impedance of the respiratory system. Equivalent electrical circuit models of lung function have been developed that can be used to quantify severity of SAD. It has been shown that impulse oscillometric parameters as well as parameter estimates of these electrical models provide useful indicators of lung function and therefore have the potential to be used as sensitive features for computer-aided classification of pulmonary function in health and disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meraz
authors.forename: Homer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nazeran
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods*; D010993:Plethysmography, Whole Body; D011312:Pressure; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests