Unobtrusive Measurement of Vital Signs Through Ultra-Wideband Sensing in the Domain of AAL

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Against the background of Ambient Assisted Living, this article proposes a new kind of unobtrusive, non-stigmatizing and continuous acquisition of vital signs as respiratory rate and related features on the basis of ultra-wide-band radar sensing. Through the runtime analysis of the reflection data, surrogating mechanical signals e.g. the excursion of the thorax are detected and linked with physiological values like the breathing rate. After a brief introduction to the application context including an explanation of specific user demands and restrictions of current solutions of the telemedicine, physical fundamentals of measurement and the utilized electronics, the applied principles of spatial and temporal data mining are described. Finally, experiments including real measurements with the subsequent discussion of the measurement results provide an outlook to the capabilities of our approach and grant information about open issues and the steps in research.

Translated title of the contributionUnaufdringlich Erfassung von Vitaldaten durch UWB-Sensorik in der Domäne von AAL
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2013 : BioMed 2013
EditorsA.R. Boccaccini
Number of pages7
Volume10
PublisherACTA Press
Publication date13.02.2013
Pages288-294
ISBN (Print)978-0-88986-942-4
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Publication statusPublished - 13.02.2013
Event10th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering - BioMed 2013 - Innsbruck, Germany
Duration: 13.02.201315.02.2013
Conference number: 10
https://www.iasted.org/conferences/pastinfo-791.html

    Research areas

  • Informatics - Ambient assisted living, Signal processing, Telemedicine, Timeseries analysis, Ultra-wideband radar, Wavelet denoising

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