{"title":"Estimating tracheal flow in small animals","authors":"T. Schuessler, J. Bates, G. Maksym","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1993.978689","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The measurement of t rachea l flow in small an imals using pneumotachographs can be problematic, since a tradeoff between precision a n d inpu t impedance of the measurement device i s encountered. In this paper, we present a method of es t imat ing t racheal flow in small an imals purely from the geometry of the experimental ventilator, without a n y additional resistance in t h e air pathway. The performance of t h i s technique in the frequency r ange of 0 t o 30 Hz is compared quantitatively to pneumotachographs of an appropriate size.","PeriodicalId":408657,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societ","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1993.978689","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The measurement of t rachea l flow in small an imals using pneumotachographs can be problematic, since a tradeoff between precision a n d inpu t impedance of the measurement device i s encountered. In this paper, we present a method of es t imat ing t racheal flow in small an imals purely from the geometry of the experimental ventilator, without a n y additional resistance in t h e air pathway. The performance of t h i s technique in the frequency r ange of 0 t o 30 Hz is compared quantitatively to pneumotachographs of an appropriate size.