听诊器
听诊
计算机科学
可扩展性
人工智能
医学
放射科
数据库
作者
Youness Arjoune,Trong N Nguyen,Robin Winkler Doroshow,Raj Shekhar
标识
DOI:10.1080/03091902.2023.2174198
摘要
Digital stethoscopes can enable the development of integrated artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can remove the subjectivity of manual auscultation, improve diagnostic accuracy, and compensate for diminishing auscultatory skills. Developing scalable AI systems can be challenging, especially when acquisition devices differ and thus introduce sensor bias. To address this issue, a precise knowledge of these differences, i.e., frequency responses of these devices, is needed, but the manufacturers often do not provide complete device specifications. In this study, we reported an effective methodology for determining the frequency response of a digital stethoscope and used it to characterise three common digital stethoscopes: Littmann 3200, Eko Core, and Thinklabs One. Our results show significant inter-device variability in that the frequency responses of the three studied stethoscopes were distinctly different. A moderate intra-device variability was seen when comparing two separate units of Littmann 3200. The study highlights the need for normalisation across devices for developing successful AI-assisted auscultation and provides a technical characterisation approach as a first step to accomplish it.
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