Linear servo-controlled pressure generator for forced oscillation measurements.
Med Biol Eng Comput
; 36(1): 11-6, 1998 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-9614742
ABSTRACT
In respiratory input impedance measurements, the low-frequency range contains important clinical and physiological information. However, the patient's spontaneous ventilation can contaminate the data in this range, leading to unreliable results. Unbiased estimators are a good alternative to overcome this problem, provided that the generator is considered linear. This condition is not fulfilled by most existing generators as they are based on loudspeakers, which have strong nonlinearities. The present work aims to contribute to the solution of this problem, and describes a pressure generator that minimises the nonlinearities by an optical sensor placed in a position feedback loop. The static evaluation shows a high linearity for the optical system. The well known frequency response of pressure transducers is used in the dynamic evaluation of the instrument. The analysis of the generator shows that the use of position feedback improved the frequency response. The total harmonic distortion (THD) measurement shows that closed loop resulted in an effective decrease in the nonlinearities. The reduction of THD achieved by the servo-controlled generator can contribute to the practical implementation of the unbiased estimators, increasing the reliability of the impedance data, especially in the low-frequency range. This system is compared with conventional generators and with another servo-controlled system.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Respiración Artificial
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Ingeniería Biomédica
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Biol Eng Comput
Año:
1998
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Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil