Abstract
The motion characteristics of the diaphragmatic muscle may provide useful information about normal and abnormal diaphragmatic function and indicate diaphragmatic weakness. The objective of this paper was to introduce a simple system for the quantitative analysis of ultrasonic diaphragmatic motion. The measurements routinely carried out by the experts were computed and these include: (i) excursion, (ii) inspiration time (Tinsp) and (iii) cycle duration (Ttot). The system was evaluated on four simulated videos and one real video. Manual and automated measurements were very close. Further work in a larger number of videos is needed for validating the proposed method
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 6358-6361 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2015-November |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781424492718 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Nov 2015 |
| Event | 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 - Milan, Italy Duration: 25 Aug 2015 → 29 Aug 2015 |
Other
| Other | 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Milan |
| Period | 25/08/15 → 29/08/15 |