Title :
Wireless technologies in sleep monitoring
Author :
Victor M. Lubecke;Olga Boric-Lubecke
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at M?noa, Honolulu, 96822, USA
Abstract :
Sleep disorders affect over 40 million patients and represent a significant a significant risk factor for many, often life threatening diseases. Technologies available for diagnostics and treatment typically involve the recording of key biomedical signals including ECG, EEG, EMG, SpO2, and respiration. Overnight measurement of such parameters is often compromised by the discomfort imposed by conventional measurement methods, or interference or sensor failure resulting from patient motion. This paper will provide an overview of the measurement of key sleep-related biomedical signatures which can be obtained without wiring or even contact physical contact with the patient.
Keywords :
"Sleep","Biomedical measurements","Motion measurement","Patient monitoring","Biomedical monitoring","Diseases","Medical treatment","Electrocardiography","Electroencephalography","Electromyography"
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2009. RWS ´09. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2698-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2164-2974
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2009.4957303