Accurate respiration measurement using DC-coupled continuous-wave radar sensor for motion-adaptive cancer radiotherapy

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 12 PART2, 2012, Pages 3117-3123

  Gu, Changzhan ^a   Li, Ruijiang ^b   Zhang, Hualiang ^c   Fung, Albert Y C ^d   Torres, Carlos ^d   Jiang, Steve B ^e   Li, Changzhi ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d University Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer radiotherapy; dc information; dc offset; moving tumor; radar; respiration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TUNING; BASE BANDS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DC INFORMATION; DC OFFSETS; DYNAMIC RANGE; HUMAN SUBJECTS; MOVING PLATE; NON-CONTACT; PHYSICAL DEVICES; RADAR SENSORS; RADIATION BEAMS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION MONITORING; RESPIRATION SIGNALS; SUBMILLIMETERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; DISEASES; RADAR; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUNING;

MEASUREMENTS;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR SENSOR; DIRECT CURRENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SENSOR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADAR; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84868089892     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2206591     Document Type: Article

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