A novel autonomic activation measurement method for stress monitoring: Non-contact measurement of heart rate variability using a compact microwave radar

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 709-714

  Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Matsui, Takemi ^a   Imuta, Hayato ^a   Uenoyama, Maki ^a   Yura, Hirofumi ^a,b   Ishihara, Masayuki ^c   Kawakami, Mitsuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NeTech Inc   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Audio stimuli; Autonomic activation; Heart rate variability; Microwave radar; Non contact; Safety precaution

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DETECTORS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; MEASUREMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROWAVES; MONITORING; POWDERS; RADAR; RADIO; STRESSES; TECHNOLOGY;

BALANCE (WEIGHTING); BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV); INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; LARGE SCALE EQUIPMENTS; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY METHOD (MEM); MEASUREMENT METHODS; MICROWAVE RADARS; NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENTS; NON-CONTACT MONITORING; NONCONTACT (NC); NOVEL METHODS; SINE-WAVES; STRESS MONITORING; STRESS-INDUCED;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY; STRESS; VOLUNTEER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45849116270     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0298-3     Document Type: Article

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