Experimental study in breath detection and human target ranging in the presence of obstacles using ultra-wideband signals

International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-123

  Casadei, Valerio ^a   Nanna, Nicola ^a   Dardari, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath detection; Radar; Ranging; Ultrawide bandwidth; UWB

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857344007     PISSN: 1758728X     EISSN: 17587298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJUWBCS.2011.044603     Document Type: Article

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