A novel FM-UWB system for vital sign monitoring and its comparison with IR-UWB

2nd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, ISABEL 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Bharat ^a   Cianca, Ernestina ^a   Ruggieri, Marina ^a   Prasad, Ramjee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CWradar; FM UWB; IR UWB; Vital Sign Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CWRADAR; FREQUENCY MODULATED; HEALTH CARE MONITORING SYSTEMS; HEART BEATS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NON-INVASIVE; NONCONTACT MEASUREMENTS; POWER LEVELS; RESPIRATION RATE; UWB RADARS; UWB SYSTEM; VITAL SIGN; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; HEALTH CARE; RADAR;

MONITORING;

EID: 77949484111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISABEL.2009.5373708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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