Bio-medical sensing using Ultra Wideband communications and radar technology: A feasibility study

2006 Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, PervasiveHealth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bilich, Carlos G ^a,b  

^a Center of Research and Telecommunication Experimentation for Networked Communities

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact less vital signs monitoring; Heart rate; Heart rate variability (HRV); Ultra Wideband communications; Ultra Wideband radar

Indexed keywords

HEART; NETWORK LAYERS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WEARABLE SENSORS;

HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RATES; ULTRA WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; VITAL SIGNS MONITORING;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 50249142440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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