• DocumentCode
    2329487
  • Title

    Microwave noncontact measurement of pulse wave velocity for healthcare applications

  • Author

    Lu, Li ; Li, Changzhi ; Lie, Donald Y C

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-13 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a noncontact method of measuring the pulse wave velocity (PWV) is proposed based on the Doppler phase modulation effect. System level design and simulations are presented to demonstrate the detection mechanism. Preliminary experimental results are reported.
  • Keywords
    Doppler measurement; blood pressure measurement; health care; Doppler phase modulation effect; blood pressure measurement; detection mechanism; healthcare applications; microwave noncontact measurement; pulse wave velocity; system level design; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Doppler radar; Humans; Medical services; Microwave measurements; Pulse measurements; Radar detection; Remote monitoring; Velocity measurement; Doppler radar; healthcare; microwave; noncontact; pulse wave velocity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2010 IEEE 11th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, FL
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6688-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WAMICON.2010.5461872
  • Filename
    5461872