Enhancing Audio Auscultation Medical Devices with Modern Technology
Introduction For centuries, auscultation—the act of listening to the internal sounds of the body, especially the heart and lungs—has been a cornerstone of clinical diagnosis. The stethoscope, invented by René Laennec in 1816, revolutionized medicine by enabling doctors to hear internal bodily sounds. However, traditional stethoscopes rely heavily on the clinician’s experience and subjective interpretation. Today, the convergence of digital signal processing (DSP), artificial intelligence…