title: Multi-center, multi-topic heart sound databases and their applications.
abstract: This paper describes a large resource of multi-center and multi-topic heart sound databases, which were based on the measured data from more than 9,000 heart sound samples (saved in WAV file format). According to different research topics, these samples were respectively stored in different folders (corresponding to different research topics and distributed over various cooperative research centers), most of which as subfolds were stored in a pooled folder in the principal center. According to different research topics, the measured data from these samples were used to create different databases. Relevant data for a specific topic can be pooled in a large database for further analysis. This resource is shared by members of related centers for their own specific topic. The applications of this resource include evaluation of cardiac safety of pregnant women, evaluation of cardiac reserve for children, athletes, addicts, astronauts, and general populations, as well as studies on a bedside method for evaluating cardiac energy, reversal of S1-S2 ratio, etc.
authors: Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
authors: Meilan
authors: M
authors: Xie
authors: Shouzhong
authors: S
authors: Xiao
authors: Tianhu
authors: T
authors: Liu
authors: Qijian
authors: Q
authors: Yi
authors: Fengzhi
authors: F
authors: You
authors: Xingming
authors: X
authors: Guo
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Shao
authors: Junmimg
authors: J
authors: Huo
authors: Deqi
authors: D
authors: Du
authors: Dongmei
authors: D
authors: Xu
authors: Wenzhu
authors: W
authors: Wu
authors: Zifu
authors: Z
authors: Xiao
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: Weizhen
authors: W
authors: Guo
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D056352:Athletes; D002648:Child; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006347:Heart Sounds / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors