• DocumentCode
    1982902
  • Title

    A new method for unconstrained heart rate monitoring

  • Author

    Shirouzu, S. ; Sugano, H. ; Hara, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Life Sci. Inst., Fukuoka, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    3960
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7211-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019710
  • Filename
    1019710