Physical working principles of medical radar

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1142-1149

  Aardal, Øyvind ^a   Paichard, Yoann ^a   Brovoll, Sverre ^a   Berger, Tor ^a   Lande, Tor Sverre ^b   Hamran, Svein Erik ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doppler radar; echocardiography; heart; heart beats; medical radar; noncontact vital signs detection; radar

Indexed keywords

CONTACTLESS MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HEART BEATS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MEDICAL RADAR; RESEARCH INTERESTS; VITAL SIGNS DETECTIONS; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

DOPPLER RADAR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRIC FIELD; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERFUSION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADAR; RADIO WAVES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; THORAX;

EID: 84875148237     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2228263     Document Type: Article

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