Title :
An inexpensive accelerometer-based sleep-apnea screening technique
Author :
Bucklin, Christie L. ; Das, Manohar ; Luo, Sam L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an inexpensive MEMS accelerometer-based sleep-apnea screening technique. The algorithm presented here is easy to implement on a low-end microprocessor, and also accurate enough to detect both obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea episodes. The results of some preliminary studies are included.
Keywords :
accelerometers; bioMEMS; bioelectric phenomena; medical disorders; medical signal processing; micromechanical devices; patient diagnosis; pneumodynamics; sleep; MEMS accelerometry; accelerometer-based sleep-apnea screening technique; hypopnea episode; low-end microprocessor; obstructive sleep apnea; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Micromechanical devices; Monitoring; Muscles; Sleep apnea; Sleep apnea; accelerometer; signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), Proceedings of the IEEE 2010 National
Conference_Location :
Fairborn, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6576-7
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.2010.5712984
