Non-contact respiratory monitoring system using a ceiling-attached microwave antenna

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 835-840

  Uenoyama, Maki ^a,b   Matsui, Takemi ^a   Yamada, Kouske ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^b   Suzuki, Shinya ^b   Ishihara, Masayuki ^b   Kawakami, Mitsuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave; Monitoring; Non contact; Nursing care; Respiration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NURSING; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADAR;

ANTENNA BOX; MICROWAVE RADAR; NON-CONTACT MONITORING;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NURSING CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; THORAX WALL; VITAL SIGN; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33748502749     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0091-8     Document Type: Article

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