VISUAL LUNG-SOUND CHARACTERIZATION BY TIME-EXPANDED WAVE-FORM ANALYSIS
VISUAL LUNG-SOUND CHARACTERIZATION BY TIME-EXPANDED WAVE-FORM ANALYSIS
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm197704282961704
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
KNOWLER, WC
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作者:
MURPHY, RLH;HOLFORD, SK;KNOWLER, WC
To characterize lung sounds objectively, selected tape recordings of auscultatory phenomena considered by 6 observers to be typical of those in a standard calssification were examined, by means of time-amplitude plots. Normal lung sounds could not consistently be visually distinguished from adventitious sounds at conventional chart recorder speeds of 100 mm/s or less, but the differentiation was easily achieved when the time scale of the plots was raised to 800 mm/s. When discontinuous sounds (rales, crackles or crepitations) were heard clinically, the time-expanded wave forms showed intermittent discontinous deflections usually less than 10 ms in duration. When continuous sounds (rhonchi or wheezes) were heard, the deflections were usually more than 250 ms. Time-expanded waveform analysis provides reproducible displays that allow documentation of the differentiating features of lung sounds and enhances the diagnostic utility of the sounds.