title: Detection of cardiac activity using a 5.8 GHz radio frequency sensor.
abstract: A 5.8-GHz ISM-Band radio-frequency sensor has been developed for non-contact measurement of respiration and heart rate from stationary and semi-stationary subjects at a distance of 0.5 to 1.5 meters. We report on the accuracy of the heart rate measurements obtained using two algorithmic approaches, as compared to a reference heart rate obtained using a pulse oximeter. Simultaneous Photoplethysmograph (PPG) and non-contact sensor recordings were recorded over fifteen minute periods for ten healthy subjects (8M/2F, ages 29.6 + or - 5.6 yrs) One algorithm is based on automated detection of individual peaks associated with each cardiac cycle; a second algorithm extracts a heart rate over a 60-second period using spectral analysis. Peaks were also extracted manually for comparison with the automated method. The peak-detection methods were less accurate than the spectral methods, but suggest the possibility of acquiring beat by beat data; the spectral algorithms measured heart rate to within + or -10% for the ten subjects chosen. Non-contact measurement of heart rate will be useful in chronic disease monitoring for conditions such as heart failure and cardiovascular disease.
authors: The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT3 9DT, Northern Ireland, U.K.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Vasu
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Fox
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Brabetz
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Wren
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Heneghan
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sezer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D056152:Respiratory Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted