Nonlinear characteristics of wheezes as seen in the wavelet higher-order spectra domain
Styliani A Taplidou1, Leontios J Hadjileontiadis
1Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece. stellata@auth.gr
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to capture and analyze the nonlinear characteristics of asthmatic wheezes, reflected in the quadrature phase coupling of their harmonics, as they evolve over time within the breathing cycle. To achieve this, the continuous wavelet transform was combined with third-order statistics/spectra. Wheezes from diagnosed asthmatic patients were drawn from a lung sound database and analyzed in the time-bi-frequency domain. The analysis results justified the efficient performance of this combinatory approach to reveal and quantify the evolution of wheeze nonlinearities with time.
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