Cough acoustics contain multitudes of vital information about pathomorphological
alterations in the respiratory system. Reliable and accurate detection of cough events by …

Cough is a very common symptom and the most frequent reason for seeking medical advice.
Optimized care goes inevitably through an adapted recording of this symptom and automatic …

Background Acute infections can cause an individual to have an elevated resting heart rate
(RHR) and change their routine daily activities due to the physiological response to the …

Capabilities in continuous monitoring of key physiological parameters of disease have never
been more important than in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Soft, skin …

Pertussis is a contagious respiratory disease which mainly affects young children and can
be fatal if left untreated. The World Health Organization estimates 16 million pertussis cases …

Background The differential diagnosis of paediatric respiratory conditions is difficult and
suboptimal. Existing diagnostic algorithms are associated with significant error rates …

Automatic cough detection is key to tracking the condition of patients suffering from
tuberculosis. We evaluate various acoustic features for performing cough detection using …

Telehealth has shown potential to improve access to healthcare cost-effectively in
respiratory illness. However, it has failed to live up to expectation, in part because of poor …

The prevalence of ubiquitous computing enables new opportunities for lung health
monitoring and assessment. In the past few years, there have been extensive studies on …

Objective: Croup, a respiratory tract infection common in children, causes an inflammation of
the upper airway restricting normal breathing and producing cough sounds typically …