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. 2014 Aug 23;7:563. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-563

Table 1.

Summary of 36 measured coughs from 12 healthy participants

ID Cough # Max Mean velocity (m/s) Mean # of Valid vectors (%) Observations
F1 1 0.737 89.5 Strong; wide; partially high
F1 2 0.319 90.5 Strong; wide
F1 3 0.285 91.3 Partially high
F2 1 0.266 84.6 In field of view
F2 2 0.064 81.8 Missed, too low
F2 3 0.254 81.8 In field of view then low
F3 1 0.821 74.2 Strong; wide
F3 2 0.911 74.9 Strong; in field of view
F3 3 0.239 74.3 Strong; horizontal flow
M1 1 0.138 90.2 Strong; partially high
M1 2 0.117 90.2 Weak; wide; multiple jets
M1 3 0.218 90.0 In field of view; intermittent
M2 1 0.236 91.2 In field of view
M2 2 0.135 90.7 Low
M2 3 0.289 90.1 Strong; wide
M3 1 2.226 79.0 Sharp front; wide
M3 2 0.826 77.5 Violent; wide
M3 3 1.017 76.7 Sharp front; wide; intermittent
M4 1 0.196 0.8 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M4 2 0.371 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M4 3 0.798 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M5 1 4.065 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M5 2 0.533 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M5 3 0.421 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M6 1 0.532 73.2 Strong; wide
M6 2 0.498 72.2 Wide; some spurious vectors
M6 3 0.449 71.8 Turbulent; in field of view
M7 1 0.516 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M7 2 0.407 0.7 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M7 3 0.274 0.8 Low seeding; spurious vectors
M8 1 0.074 74.3 Weak; partially low
M8 2 0.041 72.1 Weak; partially low
M8 3 0.047 73.3 Best for M8; intermittent
M9 1 0.031 74.7 Very weak and low
M9 2 0.068 75.9 Weak; partially low
M9 3 0.231 74.1 Strong; wide