Noncontact heartbeat detection at 2.4, 5.8, and 60 ghz: A comparative study

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 666-669

  Obeid, Dany ^a   Sadek, Sawsan ^b   Zaharia, Gheorghe ^a   Zein, Ghaïs El ^a  

^a IETR   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary activity; Doppler effect; Heartbeat rate; Microwave systems; Noncontact detection

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; WAVES;

ACTIVITY MONITORING; CARDIOPULMONARY ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIRECT-CONVERSION ARCHITECTURES; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HEARTBEAT RATE; LOW-POWER; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS; NONCONTACT; NONCONTACT DETECTION; SENSITIVITY DETECTIONS;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

EID: 62449167622     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24110     Document Type: Article

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