New app can detect sleep apnea events via smartphone
From: Evaluation Engineering - 04/29/2015
By: Jennifer Langston

A new app developed at the University of Washington uses a smartphone to
wirelessly test for sleep apnea events in a person’s own bedroom. Inaudible
sound waves emanating from the phone’s speakers track breathing patterns
without needing special equipment or sensors attached to the body.

In a clinical study, ApneaApp captured sleep apnea events as accurately as a
hospital polysomnography test 98% of the time.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/04/27/new-uw-app-can-detect-sleep-apnea-events-via-smartphone/

Links:
ApneaApp: Sleep Apnea Detection on Smartphones (with video 2:38)
http://apnea.cs.washington.edu/

Nathaniel F. Watson
http://www.uwmedicine.org/bios/nathaniel-watson

Rajalakshmi Nandakumar
https://news.cs.washington.edu/2014/11/05/sensys-2014-best-presentation-award-to-uw-cse-ph-d-student-rajalakshmi-nandakumar/

Shyam Gollakota
http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~gshyam/