Sensor to monitor in-cockpit eye level arterial pulse patency for G-LOC

Author

Pretorius, H.S. ; LaCourse, J.R.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

17-19 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Human physiology continues to be the limiting factor in aircraft performance. The ability to monitor head level arterial pulsations gives insight into the consciousness of the pilot during high acceleration maneuvers. With the use of acceleration technologies and a post processing algorithm, results indicate an average of over 90% detection of arterial pulsations in a light weight, unobtrusive package that can be implemented into a helmet.

Keywords

acceleration; aircraft; biological effects of gravity; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; blood vessels; cognition; eye; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; neurophysiology; G-LOC; acceleration technology; aircraft performance; arterial pulsation detection; eye level arterial pulse patency sensor; gravity-induced loss of consciousness; head level arterial pulsation monitoring; high acceleration maneuver; human physiology; in-cockpit eye level arterial pulse patency monitoring; pilot consciousness monitoring; post processing algorithm; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Arteries; Biomedical monitoring; Gravity; Monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC), 2015 41st Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Troy, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8358-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBEC.2015.7117188

Filename

7117188