Title :
Monitoring respiratory pattern in adult and infant via contactless detection of thorax and abdomen movements through SoC UWB pulse radar sensor
Author :
Zito, Domenico ; Pepe, Domenico
Author_Institution :
Tyndall Nat. Inst., Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
An ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse radar sensor consisting of a system-on-a-chip radar transceiver and planar differential antennas has been implemented and applied to the contactless detection of the respiration activity of adult and infant. The field operational tests show that the radar sensor tracks the respiratory rate and pattern of person under test through the contactless detection of thorax and abdomen movements in a range of conditions, allowing the continuous-time non-invasive monitoring of adult and infant prone to obstructive apneas or other respiratory diseases.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; diseases; patient monitoring; planar antennas; pneumodynamics; system-on-chip; transceivers; ultra wideband radar; SoC UWB pulse radar sensor; abdomen movements; adult respiration activity; adult respiratory pattern monitoring; contactless detection; continuous-time noninvasive monitoring; field operational tests; infant respiration activity; infant respiratory pattern monitoring; obstructive apneas; planar differential antennas; respiratory diseases; respiratory rate; system-on-a-chip radar transceiver; thorax movements; ultra-wideband pulse radar sensor; Pediatrics; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; System-on-chip; Thorax; Ultra wideband radar; Abdomen; CMOS; SoC; UWB; apnea; infant; planar antenna; pulse radar; respiration pattern; thorax;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2014 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2298-7
DOI :
10.1109/BioWireleSS.2014.6827726
