A portable noncontact heartbeat and respiration monitoring system using 5-GHz radar

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1042-1043

  Xiao, Yanming ^a   Li, Changzhi ^a   Lin, Jenshan ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sideband; heartbeat; heterodyne; indirect conversion; noncontact; portable; radar; remote sensing; respiration; sensor; telemedicine; vital sign

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008014384     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.895979     Document Type: Article

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