Title :
Wearable System-on-a-Chip UWB Radar for Health Care and its Application to the Safety Improvement of Emergency Operators
Author :
Zito, D. ; Pepe, D. ; Neri, B. ; De Rossi, D. ; Lanata, Antonio ; Tognetti, A. ; Scilingo, E.P.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Pisa, Pisa
Abstract :
A new wearable system-on-a-chip UWB radar for health care systems is presented. The idea and its applications to the safety improvement of emergency operators are discussed. The system consists of a wearable wireless interface including a fully integrated UWB radar for the detection of the heart beat and breath rates, and a IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee radio interface. The principle of operation of the UWB radar for the monitoring of the heart wall is explained hereinafter. The results obtained by the feasibility study regarding its implementation on a modern standard silicon technology (CMOS 90 nm) are reported, demonstrating (at simulation level) the effectiveness of such an approach and enabling the standard silicon technology for new generations of wireless sensors for heath care and safeguard wearable systems.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; cardiology; emergency services; health care; pneumodynamics; radar applications; safety devices; system-on-chip; wireless sensor networks; CMOS; IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee radio interface; breath rate detection; emergency operators; health care; heart beat detection; heart wall monitoring; safety improvement; silicon technology; wearable system-on-a-chip UWB radar; wearable wireless interface; wireless sensors; Biomedical monitoring; CMOS technology; Health and safety; Heart beat; Heart rate detection; Medical services; Radar detection; Silicon; System-on-a-chip; Ultra wideband radar; Emergency Medical Services; Heart Rate; Humans; Radar; Respiration; Safety; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352874
