A new algorithm for detection of heart and respiration rate with UWB signals.
Proposed is a detection algorithm for physiological monitoring with Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radar. This new algorithm is based on detection of movement energy in a specified band of frequency using wavelet and filter banks. One of the advantages of this algorithm is its ability to detect heart and respiration rates of a subject in an environment containing other motion. The heart movement is detected with the accuracy of 95% and respiration with the 100%. This algorithm has a repeatability of 93% which is a significant characteristic of the method.
Electrical Engineering department of University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. Baboli@Hawaii.edu
Mehran
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Baboli
Olga
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Boric-Lubecke
Victor
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Lubecke
D000465:Algorithms; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009038:Motion; D011825:Radar; D056152:Respiratory Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors; D058067:Wavelet Analysis