Title :
Wireless LAN PC card sensing of vital signs
Author :
Boric-Lubecke, Olga ; Awater, Geert ; Lubecke, Victor M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
Heart and respiration activity can be monitored remotely without any sensors attached to the subject, using the microwave Doppler radar principle. Implementation of this function using wireless LAN PC cards is described. Heart rate was successfully obtained with two minimally modified LAN cards each driven by a laptop computer, at a distance of 40 cm from the subject. This is the first demonstration of the use of a modified wireless terminal for remote sensing of vital signs.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; add-on boards; cardiology; computerised monitoring; health care; wireless LAN; PC card sensing; health care; heart activity; laptop computer; microwave Doppler radar; modified wireless terminal; remote monitoring; respiration activity; vital signs; wireless LAN; Computerized monitoring; Doppler radar; Heart rate; Local area networks; Microwave sensors; Portable computers; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communication Technology, 2003. IEEE Topical Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8196-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCT.2003.1321492
