Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 959-963 , October 2009

Estimating pulmonary congestion in elderly patients using bio-impedance technique: Correlation with clinical examination and X-ray results

  • Marina Arad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 5305108; fax: +972 3 5303411.
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  • Sharon Zlochiver

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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  • Tina Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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  • Ora Shovman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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  • Yehuda Shoenfeld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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  • Avraham Adunsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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  • Shimon Abboud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Received 30 November 2008 ,Revised 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 May 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00119-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.05.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 959-963 , October 2009

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