Title :
A new method for unconstrained heart rate monitoring
Author :
Shirouzu, S. ; Sugano, H. ; Hara, K.
Author_Institution :
Life Sci. Inst., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
A new method to measure heart rate, respiration and body movements without attaching a measuring device to the subjects is proposed. It is a kind of ballistocardiograph that uses optical fibers and measure changes of transmitted light intensity in an optical fiber induced by the stress-optical effect caused by the ballistocardiogram.
Keywords :
biomechanics; cardiology; optical fibres; patient monitoring; ballistocardiogram; body movements; heart rate; measuring device; respiration; stress-optical effect; transmitted light intensity changes measurement; unconstrained heart rate monitoring method; Heart rate; Heart rate measurement; Joining processes; Motion measurement; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Solids; Stress measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019710
