DEVICE FOR ANALYSING AUSCULTATION SOUNDS, IN PARTICULAR RESPIRATORY SOUNDS

摘要

The invention concerns a device for analysing medical sounds, in particular respiratory sounds, comprising an input receiving a sound signal sampled in intensity levels each associated with a selected time, and storage means (2, 4, 5) comprising a processing module for evaluating, in co-operation with computing means (3), a set of transformed intensity levels, each associated with a predetermined sound frequency. It further comprises an output (26) connected to the storage means (2) for delivering each transformed intensity level in correspondence with an associated frequency, and means for representing (6, 90, 91) intensity levels transformed on the basis of frequencies, to obtain a spectral representation of the auscultation sound. The invention is characterised in that the processing module is further capable of evaluating a set of transformed intensity levels for each selected time, and the storage means (2) store each intensity level transformed on the basis of an associated frequency, and of a selected time, thereby providing a three-dimensional representation in time and in frequencies of the auscultation sound.