A.A.Makarenkova Investigation and objectifying of adventitious breath sounds in the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Acoustic bulletin, Vol. 13 ¹ 3, (2010) |
| This paper deals with the results of studying of breath sounds of the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The research has been conducted clinical conditions of the Institute for Occupational Health of AMS of Ukraine by means of multichannel phonospirographic complex "CoRA-03M1". The computer processing and subsequent analysis of breath sounds from more than 500 patients allowed the qualitative and quantitative objectifying of main characteristic acoustic symptoms of COPD. On the base of obtained results, the physical models have been developed for breath sounds generation process at presence of artifacts produced by the morphological and physical changes in the lungs due to COPD. |
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KEY WORDS: respiratory sounds, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a computer phonospirography, objective acoustic signs |
| TEXT LANGUAGE: Russian |