The RFID Technology for Neurosciences: Feasibility of Limbs´ Monitoring in Sleep Diseases

Author

Occhiuzzi, Cecilia ; Marrocco, Gaetano

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Inf., Univ. of Roma "Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Volume

14

Issue

1

fYear

2010

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

43

Abstract

This contribution investigates the feasibility of the passive UHF RF identification technology for the wireless monitoring of human body movements in some common sleep disorders by means of passive tags equipped with inertial switches. Electromagnetic and mechanical models as well as preliminary experimentations are introduced to analyze all the significant issues concerning the required power, the tag antenna design, the read distance, and the expected biosignals collected by the interrogation device.

Keywords

accelerometers; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; body sensor networks; medical disorders; medical signal detection; neurophysiology; patient monitoring; radiofrequency identification; sleep; RFID technology; biosignal detection; common sleep disorders; human body movements; inertial switches; interrogation device; limbs monitoring; neurosciences; passive UHF RF identification technology; passive tags; read distance; tag antenna design; wireless monitoring; Accelerometer; RF identification (RFID); sensor network; sleep disorder; tag antenna; Algorithms; Extremities; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Motion; Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome; Polysomnography; Radio Waves; Restless Legs Syndrome; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7771

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITB.2009.2028081

Filename

5229312