Objective: Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most deadly diseases. Although
several effective diagnosis methods exist, in lower income countries clinics may not be in a …

Objective. The automatic discrimination between the coughing sounds produced by patients
with tuberculosis (TB) and those produced by patients with other lung ailments. Approach …

Background A laboratory-free test for assessing recovery from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
would be extremely beneficial in regions of the world where laboratory facilities are lacking …

Cough is a common symptom of many respiratory diseases. Many medical literatures
underline that a system for the automatic, objective, and reliable detection of cough events is …

The widespread use of cough counting tools has, to date, been limited by a reliance on
human input to determine cough frequency. However, over the last two decades advances …

In the framework of assessing the pathology severity in chronic cough diseases, medical
literature underlines the lack of tools for allowing the automatic, objective and reliable …

Cough is the most common symptom of the several respiratory diseases containing
diagnostic information. It is the best suitable candidate to develop a simplified screening …

The ability to measure cough frequency from sound recordings has changed the standards
by which new cough treatments are evaluated and is providing insights into the mechanisms …

Cough assessment is central to the clinical management of respiratory diseases, including
tuberculosis (TB), but strategies to objectively and unobtrusively measure cough are lacking …

Background While cough is an important defence mechanism of the respiratory system, its
chronic presence is bothersome and may indicate the presence of a serious disease. We …