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Multi-channel electronic stethoscope for enhanced cardiac auscultation using beamforming and equalisation techniques
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Electronics Design. (STC)
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Electronics Design. (STC)
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
2021 (English)In: 28th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), IEEE, 2021, p. 1289-1293Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This paper reports on the implementation of a multi-channel electronic stethoscope designed to isolate the heart sound from the interfering sounds of the lungs and blood vessels. The multi-channel stethoscope comprises four piezo contact microphones arranged in rectangular and linear arrays. Beamforming and channel equalisation techniques are applied to the multi-channel recordings made in the aortic, pulmonary, tricuspid, and mitral valve areas. The proposed channel equaliser cancels out the distorting effect of the chest and rib cage on the heart sound frequency spectrum. It is shown that the applied beamforming methods effectively suppress the interfering lung noise and improve the signal to interference and noise ratio by 16 dB. The results confirm the superior performance of the implemented multi-channel stethoscope compared with commercially available single-channel electronic stethoscopes. 

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IEEE, 2021. p. 1289-1293
Keywords [en]
Beamforming, Channel equalisation, Chest acoustics, Microphone arrays, Multi-channel electronic stethoscope
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Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-40939DOI: 10.23919/Eusipco47968.2020.9287636ISI: 000632622300259Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85099313179ISBN: 9789082797053 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-40939DiVA, id: diva2:1522367
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28th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2020, 24 August 2020 through 28 August 2020
Available from: 2021-01-26 Created: 2021-01-26 Last updated: 2021-05-17Bibliographically approved

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