A novel pneumotachograph is currently under development which exploits the properties of the Wells turbine used in many wave energy projects during the eighties and the nineties. In order to employ a small scale model of the Wells turbine as a highly sensitive flow transducer a suitable constant speed motor controller is required. This controller has best designed and thoroughly analysed using Matlab with Simulink. Typically airflow data, collected from a pneumatachograph, needs further processing before physicians can extract relevant patient diagnostic data. The now data processing software has been developed using LabView because of its built-in capabilities specifically aimed at data acquisition and data processing. (5 pages)
Inspec keywords: pneumodynamics; medical computing; data analysis; biomedical equipment; biomedical engineering; data acquisition
Subjects: Patient diagnostic methods and instrumentation; Data handling techniques; Data acquisition equipment and techniques; Haemodynamics, pneumodynamics; Data gathering, processing, and recording, data displays including digital techniques; Biology and medical computing
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