Assessing respiratory mechanics and muscle function is critical for both clinical practice and
research purposes. Several methodological developments over the past two decades have …

Background: Optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP) is a non-invasive motion capture
method to measure chest wall movements and estimate lung volumes. Objectives: To …

In order for survival, we humans must breathe. The process of breathing involves not only
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide but also the exhalation of chemical compounds …

Background: Optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP) is an innovative method of indirect
measurement of pulmonary ventilation, capable of breath-by-breath, three-dimensional, real …

Surfactant is a pivotal neonatal drug used both for respiratory distress syndrome due to
surfactant deficiency and for more complex surfactant dysfunctions (such as in case of …

Introduction SMA is characterised by progressive motor and respiratory muscle weakness.
We aimed to verify if in SMA children 1) each form is characterized by specific ventilatory …

Chest wall motion can provide information on respiratory muscles' action and on critical vital
signs, like respiration and cardiac activity. The chest wall is a structure with three …

Objective To examine the effectiveness of a noncontact vision‐based infrared respiratory
monitor (IRM) in the detection of authentic respiratory motion in newborn infants. Study …

In this study, we present a medical imaging method to estimate the preterm infant respiratory
rate with a non invasive embedded RGB-D sensor. The respiratory rate is derived by …

Pulmonary function testing and monitoring plays an important role in the respiratory
management of neonates. A noninvasive and complete bedside evaluation of the respiratory …