Method device and system for monitoring lung ventilation
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1. A method of monitoring lung ventilation of a subject, the method comprising:
- recording signals from a plurality of sensing locations on the chest of the subject and the epigastrium, at least a portion of said signals being indicative of a local motion of said chest at a respective sensing location, and operating a data processing system to analyze said signals such as to determine a status of the ventilation, thereby monitoring the lung ventilation of the subject, wherein analysis of said signals comprises calculating at least one ventilation index characterizing the status of said ventilation for at least one sensing location, wherein said at least one ventilation index is calculated as a function of time and for each sensing location, wherein said at least one ventilation index comprises acceleration or deceleration.
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A method of monitoring lung ventilation of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises recording signals from a plurality of sensing location on the chest of the subject, at least a portion of the signals being indicative of a local motion of the chest at a respective sensing location. The method further comprises operating a data processing system to analyze the signals such as to determine a status of the ventilation, thereby to monitor the lung ventilation of the subject.
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1. A method of monitoring lung ventilation of a subject, the method comprising:
recording signals from a plurality of sensing locations on the chest of the subject and the epigastrium, at least a portion of said signals being indicative of a local motion of said chest at a respective sensing location, and operating a data processing system to analyze said signals such as to determine a status of the ventilation, thereby monitoring the lung ventilation of the subject, wherein analysis of said signals comprises calculating at least one ventilation index characterizing the status of said ventilation for at least one sensing location, wherein said at least one ventilation index is calculated as a function of time and for each sensing location, wherein said at least one ventilation index comprises acceleration or deceleration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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