Textile-based capacitive sensors for respiration monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Merritt, Carey R ^a   Nagle, H Troy ^a   Grant, Edward ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

90 drive; Differential capacitive sensor; Respiration belt; Respiration monitoring

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSING; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITIVE SENSOR; EARLY DETECTIONS; HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS; LUNG FUNCTIONS; NEW DESIGNS; RESPIRATION BELT; RESPIRATION MONITORING; RESPIRATION RATES;

TEXTILES;

SENSORS;

EID: 57849158797     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.2010356     Document Type: Article

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