Heartbeat and Respiration Detection Using a Low Complexity CW Radar System

Panagiota Kontou; Souheil Ben Smida; Spyridon Nektarios Daskalakis; Symeon Nikolaou; Mauro Dragone; Dimitris E. Anagnostou

doi:10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9338223

Heartbeat and Respiration Detection Using a Low Complexity CW Radar System

Panagiota Kontou, Souheil Ben Smida, Spyridon Nektarios Daskalakis, Symeon Nikolaou, Mauro Dragone, Dimitris E. Anagnostou

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Abstract

Cardiopulmonary monitoring mainly relies on electrodes in contact with the skin. This can be challenging in cases of patients with compromised skin, premature babies or in assisted living applications where the elderly may remove their sensors. Hence, it is of high importance to be able to detect human vital signs in a contactless and non-intrusive manner. Methods such as the use of cameras do not protect the privacy of a patient. This work presents the theory and optimized implementation of an alternative method, a continuous wave (CW) radar sensor system, that successfully detects the heartbeat and respiration of a person from a distance of 1 m. The proposed implementation allows for the first time, to improve the quality of the detected signal by cancelling undesired DC components, detrimental to heartbeat detection via manual analog tuning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	929-932
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9782874870590
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9338223
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2021
Event	50th European Microwave Conference 2020 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 12 Jan 2021 → 14 Jan 2021

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Conference	50th European Microwave Conference 2020
Abbreviated title	EuMC 2020
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	12/01/21 → 14/01/21

Keywords

cardiopulmonary
healthcare
heartbeat
medical radar
microwave
noncontact sensing
respiration
vital signs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation

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