Novel methods for noncontact heart rate measurement: A feasibility study

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 838-847

  Kranjec, Jure ^a   Begus, Samo ^a   Drnovsek, Janko ^a   Gersak, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Doppler effect; electrocardiogram (ECG); heart rate (HR); HR variability (HRV); microphone; noncontact; radar

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HEART; MICROPHONES; PLANNING; RADAR;

BIO-ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; CONDENSER MICROPHONE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART RATES; HR VARIABILITY (HRV); NON-CONTACT; NON-CONTACT MEASURING; NONCONTACT MEASUREMENTS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84896490772     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2287118     Document Type: Article

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