Development of a RF contactless respiratory rate monitor

Author

Andre, J.C. ; Mendes, P.M.

Author_Institution

Centro Algoritmi, Univ. do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Radio-frequency (RF) applications are extremely common in current days, and the extension of its use to the medical field is constantly in development. One such application is the contactless and non-invasive detection of Respiratory Rate (RR). A two-antenna RF system was developed based on the measurement of the attenuation suffered by RF waves when they cross the thorax or are reflected by the chest wall. Monitoring the interference in the power of the received wave, RR was calculated with errors from 0.41 to 1.06 breaths per minute. It was concluded that the system was able to acquire RR in a precise, contactless and non-invasive way.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; receiving antennas; attenuation measurement; breaths; chest wall; interference monitoring; medical field; noninvasive respiratory rate detection; radiofrequency contactless respiratory rate monitoring; radiofrequency waves; thorax; two-antenna radiofrequency system; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Frequency measurement; Measurement uncertainty; Monitoring; Radio frequency; Thorax;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in

Conference_Location

Braga

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4859-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENBENG.2013.6518444

Filename

6518444