Frequency-tuning technique for remote detection of heartbeat and respiration using low-power double-sideband transmission in the Ka-band

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2023-2031

  Xiao, Yanming ^a,b   Lin, Jenshan ^a,b,d   Boric Lubecke, Olga ^a,c   Lubecke, Victor M ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical monitoring; Cardiopulmonary detection; Continuous wave (CW) radar; Doppler radar; Double sideband, electromagnetic (EM) wave; Heartbeat; Indirect conversion receiver; Ka band; Low power; Radio frequency (RF); Remote monitoring; Respiration; Sensors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY DETECTIONS; DOPPLER RADARS; DOUBLE SIDEBAND TRANSMISSION; HEARTBEATS; INDIRECT-CONVERSION RECEIVER; LOW POWER; REMOTE MONITORING; RESPIRATION; TRANSMITTER OUTPUT;

DEMODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER TRANSMISSION; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; SENSORS; TUNING; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33646739294     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.873625     Document Type: Article

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