Our previous studies have demonstrated that tussiphonogram is suitable not only for the detection of pathological condition in the respiratory tract but also for treatment effectiveness assessment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibilities of tussiphonography in detection of already little pathological changes in the airways and lungs. Therefore the changes of voluntary cough ...

This letter presents the first implementation of autonomous robotic auscultation heart and lung sounds. To select locations that generate high-quality sounds, a Bayesian Optimization (BO) formulation leverages visual anatomical cues to predict where sounds might be located, while using auditory feedback adapt patient-specific qualities. Sound quality is estimated online machine learning models ...

A congenital diaphragmatic hernia is very uncommon among adults. primarily acute in onset and it usually identified after trauma. It occurs mostly on the left side. We would like to report a 68-year-old male who presented with 4-day history of intestinal obstruction background change bowel habit for month secondary right hernia. He did not have any Clinical examination revealed distended abdome...

BACKGROUND The effect of body position on the generation of abnormal respiratory sounds (eg, snoring and stridor) is well recognized. Postural effects on normal lung sounds have been studied in less detail but need to be clarified if respiratory acoustic measurements are to be used effectively in clinical practice. METHODS Lung sounds and airflow were recorded in six healthy male subjects. Tw...

Background. A field study conducted by researchers found the balls used by visual impairment students at school basically used the sound by a small bell inside the ball. However, the sound emitted from the ball is very limited, the ball will sound when it is moved. This makes it difficult for students with visual impairments to find a missing ball that not emitted makes a sound. Objectives. A ...

To facilitate the work of the thoracic surgeon it has become accepted procedure in certain circumstances to collapse the diseased lung being operated upon. To accomplish this, the technique most frequently used by the anaesthetist calls for the insertion of a double lumen endobronchial tube. This makes it possible to isolate the intact dependent lung from the diseased upper one and thus to prev...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A variety of methods have been used to evaluate patients with lung cancer to define a patient cohort at high risk for postoperative mortality and respiratory complications associated with lung resection surgery. Our aim was to evaluate the utility of vibration response imaging (VRI(XP)) Operation Planning Software (O-Plan) in assessing suitability for surgical resectio...

In this investigation we applied the techniques of lung sound mapping and time-expanded wave-form analysis to four common diseases that involve the lung: interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), and pneumonia (Pn). Twenty subjects were studied in each group. We also studied 15 subjects without evidence of lung disease. ...

background: foundry workers are occupationally exposed to hazardous substances such as silica dusts and toxic gases. the aim of this study was to examine the effects of simultaneous exposure to complex mixtures of silica dust, formaldehyde, and triethylamine on lung function parameters. study design: a cross-sectional study. methods: this study was conducted on 55 male workers of core making un...