Non-contact respiratory monitoring in neonates

Author

Eastwood-Sutherland, Caillin ; Gale, Timothy J. ; Dargaville, Peter A. ; Wheeler, Kevin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

fYear

2014

fDate

26-28 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Breathing difficulties are common in neonatal patients, and non-contact respiratory monitoring is an area of research which may potentially benefit patients and medical professionals alike by reducing disturbance of the patients by the monitoring system. This paper discusses a range of approaches used in recent years including magnetic, radio, optoelectronic and structured light. We also outline our research into using an optical time-of-flight system based on a game controller (Microsoft Kinect™ v2) to measure respiratory parameters.

Keywords

biomagnetism; biomedical equipment; biomedical optical imaging; medical disorders; optoelectronic devices; paediatrics; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; radio applications; Microsoft Kinect v2; game controller; magnetic monitoring system; neonate patient breathing difficulty; noncontact neonate respiratory monitoring; noncontact respiratory monitoring system; optical time-of-flight system; optoelectronic monitoring system; patient disturbance reduction; radio monitoring system; respiratory parameter measurement; structured light monitoring system; Coils; Educational institutions; Electromagnetics; Monitoring; Pediatrics; Ventilation; Volume measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 2014 7th

Conference_Location

Fukuoka

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEiCON.2014.7017373

Filename

7017373