DocumentCode
3286634
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
fYear
2003
fDate
15-17 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
206
Lastpage
207
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless Communication Technology, 2003. IEEE Topical Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8196-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WCT.2003.1321492
Filename
1321492
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