Microwave FMCW Doppler radar implementation for in-house pervasive health care system

2010 IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-52

  Postolache, Octavian ^a   Madeira, Rui Neves ^b   Girão, Pedro Silva ^c   Postolache, Gabriela ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Microwave Doopler radar; Ubiquitous healthcare system; Unobtrusive sensors

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES; HEALTH CONDITION; HEART RATES; LONG TERM; MAIN COMPONENT; PERVASIVE HEALTHCARE; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; UBIQUITOUS HEALTH CARE; UBIQUITOUS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; UNOBTRUSIVE SENSORS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; HEALTH CARE; MICROWAVES; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 77954402790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMEA.2010.5480207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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