Title :
Radar-Based Health Monitoring
Author :
Schreurs, Dominique ; Mercuri, Marco ; Soh, Ping Jack ; Vandenbosch, G.
Author_Institution :
Div. ESAT-TELEMIC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
Radar techniques aiming at health monitoring have been investigated in recent years. The possibility of contactless monitoring human individuals has aroused interest in many applications especially where the use of wearable sensors generates discomfort which not only may affect the results but also imposes a risk factor. Radar technologies represent therefore the new emerging solution to promote the well-being of elderly people both in home and clinical environments. This paper provides an overview on recent advances in health monitoring using radar techniques. Moreover, an example of a concrete health monitoring system is also reported.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; biomedical telemetry; geriatrics; health care; patient monitoring; ultra wideband radar; clinical environments; elderly people; home environments; radar technologies; radar-based health monitoring system; risk factor; wearable sensors; Doppler radar; Microwave theory and techniques; Monitoring; Radar detection; Sensors; Wireless communication; Doppler; SFCW radar; UWB-IR radar; fall detection; health monitoring; radar remote sensing; vital signs;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Singapore
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756189