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WheredidtheCapnoBasesignalscomefrom?
Theinvivodatasetwasrecordedatoneofourpartnerhospitals.Weintentionallydonotdisclosethe
origintomaximizeanonymityfortheindividualcases.
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Doyouhaveethicsapproval?DoIneedethicsapproval?
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Everyscientificinterventioninvolvinghumansubjectsneedstoundergoreviewbyaresearchethics
boardtoensurethatethicalstandardsaremetandtherightsofindividualsparticipatingtothestudy
aremet.BeforepublishingdataintheCapnoBase,weaskforproofthattherecordingofthisdatawas
inaccordancewiththesestandards.Inparticular,weensurethatthedataisfullyanonymized.
TheCapnoBaseserverdoesnotcontainanypatientinformation.
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Whydoyouhaveasimulateddataset?
Someparticularrespiratoryeventsareveryrareandaredifficulttoobtainintheoperatingroom.
Computermodelsallowustosimulatetheseevents.Bysimulatingtheserareevents,weknowexactly
whattheunderlyingstateofthe(virtual)patientis.Thisallowsustolinkparticularpatternsinthe
signalwithchangesinthepatientstatethatwouldnotbepossiblewithrealdata.
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WhoiscontributingtoCapnoBase?
AllresearchersandstudentsworkingwithrespiratorysignalsareinvitedtocontributetoCapnoBase.
FormoreinformationvisitContribute.TofindoutwhohasalreadycollaboratedwithCapnoBase,
visitSupporters.

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Whodoestheannotationofthephysiologicaldatainyourdatabase?
Weensurethatatleasttwoindependentexpertsannotateandvalidatethedata.Theexpertsare
volunteeranesthesiologistswithmanyyearsofexperience.
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Inwhatformatsarethesignalsavailable?
Weprovidethedataascompressedmatlabdatafiles(.mat).Thisisaproprietaryformatandrequires
theMatlabTMsoftwarefromMathworks.ThedataisalsoavailableascommaseparatedASCIIfiles
(.csv).Formoredetailsonthedatastructurepleasereviewthehelpsectionondataformats.
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HowcanIkeeptrackofchangesinthedatabaseorwhennewdatasetsbecomeavailable?
WepublishupdateswhenchangesonCapnoBasebecomeavailable.Foryourconvenience,thereisa
RSSfeedoftheupdates.ThereisalsoaRSSfeedfortrackingcommentsonthecasesifyouare
interestedintoaparticularcase.
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OurresearchgroupwantstousetheCapnoBasedatasets.Dowehavetopayforit?
CapnoBasedataandresearchtoolsarefreetouseforstudentsandresearchers.Wesimplyaskthat
youcitetheCapnoBasereferenceappropriately.Youneedtoregisteronourwebsiteinorderto
downloadtheCapnoBasedatasets.

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Ithinkthereisalabelingerrorinoneofthecases.WhatcanIdo?
Labelingphysiologicaldataisverydifficultandtimeconsuming.Sometimesthelabelingofdifficult
casesissubjectiveandtheresultmayvarybetweenexperts.Ifyoudonotagreewithalabel,youcan
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leaveacommentonthedetailspageofthecorrespondingcase.Thisallowsyoutodiscussthecase
withresearchersaroundtheworld.
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DoIneedtoinstallMatlabtobeabletousetheCapnoBaseSignalEvaluationToolsoftware?
No.IfyoudonothaveMatlab,youcaninstalltheMatlabruntimeinstallerthatcanbedownloadedfor
freefromourwebsite.Youwillneedadministratorrightsonyourcomputertoinstallthisprogram.

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IsyoursoftwarealsoavailableforMacorLinux?
TheCapnoBaseSignalEvaluationTooliscurrentlyonlyavailableforWindows.TheCapnoBasedata
setscanbeusedwithanyprogramthatisabletoread.mator.csvfiles.
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Capnography
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Whatisacapnogram?
Atimecapnogramisthemeasurementofcarbondioxide(CO2)concentrationintheexhaledand
inhaledgasflowanditsplotovertime.CO2concentrationcanalsobepottedversusflow,ormore
commonly,volumeoftheexhaledgases.Tolearnmoreaboutcapnograms,visitcapnogram.org,
watchthiseducationalvideo,orreadsomeofourselectedpublications.
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HowcanIkeeptrackofchangesinthedatabaseorwhennewdatasetsbecomeavailable?
WepublishupdateswhenchangesonCapnoBasebecomeavailable.Foryourconvenience,thereisa
RSSfeedoftheupdates.ThereisalsoaRSSfeedfortrackingcommentsonthecasesifyouare
interestedintoaparticularcase.
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HowdoIcontactyou?
Youcansendusanemail.ContactDetails.
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Ourresearchgrouphasahugedatasetofcapnographicrecordings.canweuploadthemto
yourdatabase?
Youcan.Usetheuploadformsin'Contribute'
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