Sensitivity of a single coil electromagnetic sensor for non-contact monitoring of breathing

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 518-521

  Seeton, Rosalyn ^a   Adler, Andy ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSORS; MEASURED RESULTS; NON-CONTACT MONITORING; OPTIMIZE DESIGN; SENSOR DESIGNS; SLEEP MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODELING;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 61849141101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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