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http://dx.doi.org/10.7840/kics.2013.38B.9.722

Animal Diagnosis System Using Wireless Digital Stethoscope  

Park, Kee-Young (전주비전대학교 디지털전자정보과)
Hong, Soo-Mi (전주비전대학교 보건행정학과)
Lee, Jong-Ha (전주비전대학교 디지털전자정보과)
Park, Jin-Ho (전북대학교 수의내과학)
Jung, Eui-Bung (호원대학교 자동차기계공학과)
Abstract
Medical treatment for animals is very difficult as the opinions of pets' masters take priority over treatment regardless of the seriousness of pets' disease or the needs of medical treatment. In case that a pet has heart disease, especially, it is difficult to get the direct answer from the pet's master on the decision or confirmation of treatment. For those reasons, it is almost impossible to predict and treat the pet before an emergency like the heart failure or an unexpected death happens. Using stethoscope can be the first diagnosis method to check the heart or any kinds of disease inside the body. High-tech equipments like CT, X-ray or Ultrasound can be used, but they can only be used as a second choice of diagnosis method since it requires professional skills and its high price. That's why stethoscope is still the best diagnostic tool when one makes the first diagnosis. In this study, we give a detailed account of digital diagnosis system in which veterinarians can analyze the sound from stethoscope without bringing it to their ears and make a diagnosis wherever they are. And we suggest a new concept of diagnosis system surrounding, which shows the relativeness of disease through Level Crossing Rate(LCR) and energy level from the stethoscope sound made in this system.
Keywords
Animal Diagnosis System; Wireless Digital Stethoscope; LCR(Level Crossing Rate); Heart Sound; Lung Sound;
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