Title :
Wireless IC Doppler radars for sensing of heart and respiration activity
Author :
Boric-Lubecke, Olga ; Droitcour, A.D. ; Lubecke, Victor M. ; Lin, Jenshan ; Kovacs, Gregory T A
Author_Institution :
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
Remote monitoring of respiration and heart activity can be implemented using wireless communications technology and Doppler radar techniques. Such monitoring has been demonstrated by leveraging existing wireless technology. RFIC´s developed for wireless base stations have been reused to produce hybrid and fully integrated Doppler radars for vital signs sensing. Heart and respiration activity were observed using these radars at a distance of up to one meter. This technology can potentially enable low-cost, noninvasive long term monitoring of chronic and recovering patients.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Doppler radar; biosensors; cardiology; lung; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; radar applications; radiofrequency integrated circuits; BICMOS; heart; patient monitoring; remote monitoring; respiration activity; silicon RFIC; vital signs sensing; wireless IC Doppler radars; wireless communications technology; Base stations; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Doppler radar; Heart; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Silicon; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, 2003. TELSIKS 2003. 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7963-2
DOI :
10.1109/TELSKS.2003.1246240
