Remote vital sign detection for rescue, security, and medical care by ultra-wideband pseudo-noise radar

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 13, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 42-53

  Sachs, J ^a   Helbig, M ^a   Herrmann, R ^a   Kmec, M ^a   Schilling, K ^a   Zaikov, E ^a,b  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurement Techniques   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient assisted living; PN radar; Respiration detection; Survivor detection; Trough wall radar; Ultra wideband radar; Vital sign detection

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; PN-RADAR; RESPIRATION DETECTIONS; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; VITAL SIGN;

RADAR SYSTEMS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

TRACKING RADAR;

EID: 84888863774     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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