Millimeter-wave radar for vital signs sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7308, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Petkie, Douglas T ^a   Benton, Carla ^a   Bryan, Erik ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Millimeter wave; Radar; Respiration rate; Terahertz; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

HEART RATE; HEART RATES; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY SIGNALS; MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR; OPTICAL MIRROR; PHASE UNWRAPPING; REAL TIME; REFLECTED SIGNAL; RESPIRATION RATE; SYSTEM MONITORS; TERAHERTZ; VITAL SIGN; VITAL SIGNS;

HETERODYNING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 69849106813     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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