Feasibility assessment of Doppler radar long-term physiological measurements

Author

Massagram, Wansuree ; Lubecke, Victor M. ; Boric-Lubecke, Olga

Author_Institution

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

1544

Lastpage

1547

Abstract

In this paper we examine the feasibility of applying doppler radar technique for a long-term health monitoring. Doppler radar was used to detect and eliminate periods of significant motion. This technique was verified using a human study on 17 subjects, and it was determined that for 15 out of 17 subjects there was no significant motion for over 85% of the measurement interval in supine positions. Majority of subjects exhibited significantly less motion in supine position, which is promising for sleep monitoring, and monitoring of hospitalized patients.

Keywords

Doppler radar; biomedical measurement; patient monitoring; sleep; doppler radar long-term physiological measurement; feasibility assessment; hospitalized patient monitoring; long-term health monitoring; sleep monitoring; supine position; Biomedical monitoring; Data acquisition; Doppler radar; Humans; Instruments; Monitoring; Sleep apnea; Actigraphy; Adult; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Movement; Radar; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090450

Filename

6090450