Contact-free measurement of heart rate variability via a microwave sensor

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 9572-9581

  Lu, Guohua ^a   Yang, Fang ^a   Tian, Yue ^b   Jing, Xijing ^a   Wang, Jianqi ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xijing Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Contact free; Heart rate variability; Heartbeat; Microwave sensor

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTACT-FREE; CONTACT-FREE MEASUREMENTS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEARTBEAT; MECHANICAL CONTRACTION; NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRODES; HEART; MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950287625     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91209572     Document Type: Article

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