Image processing for monitoring obstructive sleep apnea

• Main Author: Chan, Wei Kiat.
• Other Authors: Ong Lin Seng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40887
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep related breathing disorder that affects people worldwide. OSA patients are prone to hypertension, platelet clotting dysfunction and diabetes – which are in the family of heart disease. 15% of Singapore’s population is affected by OSA, and it is more prevalent...