Title :
A feasibility study on aortic pressure estimation using UWB radar
Author :
Solberg, Lars Erik ; Balasingham, Ilangko ; Hamran, Svein-Erik ; Fosse, Erik
Author_Institution :
Intervensjonssenteret, Oslo universitetssykehus HF, Oslo, Norway
Abstract :
Microwave radar based techniques have been proposed for medical applications such as heart beat and respiration monitoring, and for breast cancer detection. This paper investigates the feasibility of using microwave radar techniques to estimate aorta diameter variations. A survey of relevant medical literature shows that the aorta diameter variations can be used to estimate aortic compliance, pulse pressure and mean pressure.
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; biomedical measurement; pressure measurement; ultra wideband radar; UWB radar; aorta diameter variations; aortic compliance; aortic pressure estimation; breast cancer detection; heart beat monitoring; mean pressure; medical applications; microwave radar; pulse pressure; relevant medical literature; respiration monitoring; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical monitoring; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Heart beat; Medical services; Microwave theory and techniques; Radar applications; Radar detection; Ultra wideband radar;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband, 2009. ICUWB 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2930-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2931-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2009.5288761
