Abstract
Ever since 1819, when Thophile Laënnec first put a block of wood to a patient's chest in order to listen to her heartbeat, physicians have used auscultation to help diagnose cardiopulmonary disorders. Here the authors describe a novel diagnostic method based in music technology. Digital music-synthesis software is used to transform the sequence of time intervals between consecutive heartbeats into an electroacoustic soundtrack. The results show promise as a diagnostic tool and also provide the basis of an interesting musical soundscape.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 41-46 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Leonardo |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Music
- Computer Science Applications