ACOUSTIC NECK FLUID VOLUME ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

Described herein are various embodiments of an acoustic neck fluid volume assessment system and method. In one such embodiment, a neck fluid volume assessment device comprises a microphone to be positioned in an area of the subject so to acquire acoustic breath sounds emanating from the subject while breathing and generate a signal representative thereof, a digital storage device having stored thereon a neck fluid volume assessment engine having associated therewith one or more designated acoustic features previously identified to provide a measure of neck fluid volume, and a data processor operatively coupled to the digital storage device to implement the neck fluid volume assessment engine to act on the signal to automatically extract the one or more designated acoustic features therefrom and output an indication of the subject's neck fluid volume as a function of the extracted one or more features.