Abstract:
:The non-invasive measurement of free field snoring sounds to estimate the site of snoring is an important development in the diagnosis, treatment and management of sleep-related breathing disorders. We investigated characteristics of the probability density function by testing the sensitivity of the statistical moments to amplitude patterns in the snoring acoustic signal. Snoring sounds from 15 patients were recorded whilst performing sleep (under anaesthetic) nasendoscopy evaluation. We demonstrated, using a fuzzy 2-means clustering method, that a combination of the statistical dimensionless moment coefficients of skewness and kurtosis could discriminate between pure palatal and non-palatal snoring subject groups.
journal_name
Physiol Measjournal_title
Physiological measurementauthors
Beeton RJ,Wells I,Ebden P,Whittet HB,Clarke Jdoi
10.1088/0967-3334/28/10/008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-10-01 00:00:00pages
1225-36issue
10eissn
0967-3334issn
1361-6579pii
S0967-3334(07)51376-6journal_volume
28pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:Advanced neuroimaging has proved to be pivotal in the management of acute ischemic stroke. The use of CT perfusion (CTP) core and penumbra parameters to predict the outcome in wake-up stroke (WUS) patients in everyday clinical scenarios has not yet been investigated. The aim of our study was to investigate th...
journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1361-6579/ab9c70
更新日期:2020-08-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
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doi:10.1088/1361-6579/aaa74d
更新日期:2018-02-28 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
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doi:10.1088/0967-3334/14/1/004
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chemical alterations of red blood cells (RBCs) during storage eventually affect the electrical properties of blood. In this study, the physiological parameters such as extracellular (SAGM + CPD + residual plasma) Na(+), K(+), Cl(-), pH, 2,3-DPG and ATP together with the Cole-Cole parameters were measured using erythro...
journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/27/7/006
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The goal of the present study was to develop and evaluate a new method for the prediction of unexplained syncope occurrences. Diagnosis of syncope is currently based on the reproduction of symptoms in combination with hypotension and bradycardia induced by a 45 min 60-70 degrees head-upright tilt test (HUTT). The main...
journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/28/2/007
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Imaging photoplethysmography is a relatively new technique for extracting biometric information from video images of faces. This is useful in non-invasive monitoring of patients including neonates or the aged, with respect to sudden infant death syndrome, sleep apnoea, pulmonary disease, physical or mental stress and ...
journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/36/1/67
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1361-6579/aac9a9
更新日期:2018-06-27 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/27/5/S05
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/15/2a/022
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
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doi:10.1088/0967-3334/35/4/597
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/27/8/006
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/15/4/010
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/22/1/301
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Electrical impedance scanning (EIS) is a kind of potential bio-impedance measurement technology, especially aiding the diagnosis of breast cancer in women. By changing the frequency of the driving signal in turn while keeping the other conditions stable, multi-frequency measurement results on the object can be obtaine...
journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/28/7/S07
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1088/1361-6579/aab2ef
更新日期:2018-04-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1361-6579/abb141
更新日期:2020-10-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/25/1/011
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/27/1/005
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/31/9/008
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/20/2/307
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
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更新日期:2020-06-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
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doi:10.1088/1361-6579/ab840a
更新日期:2020-05-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/018
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/14/4a/004
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/34/11/1483
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/35/7/1349
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neuromagnetic recordings were used to check if electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in cochlear-implant patients activates cortical auditory areas in a similar manner as acoustic stimulation in normal hearing subjects or whether the excitation processes are different. The waveform of the evoked magnetic field ...
journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/29/8/001
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1361-6579/aab85a
更新日期:2018-04-26 00:00:00
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journal_title:Physiological measurement
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1088/0967-3334/24/2/310
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00