This paper presents a novel UWB printed monopole antenna designed to be part of a UWB radar system for heartbeat activity monitoring. The antenna has a compact size, a very good fidelity factor, and is matched in the 3.1 ÷ 10.6 GHz frequency range. Simulations in the presence of a thorax model have been conducted indicating that by using a radar UWB equipped with a suitable antenna the heart movements can be monitored
Design of an UWB antenna to monitor cardiac activity / Pittella, Erika; Bernardi, Paolo Italo; Cavagnaro, Marta; Pisa, Stefano; Piuzzi, Emanuele. - (2010), pp. 564-568. ( 26th Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics Tampere, Finland ).
Design of an UWB antenna to monitor cardiac activity
PITTELLA, ERIKA;BERNARDI, Paolo Italo;CAVAGNARO, Marta;PISA, Stefano;PIUZZI, Emanuele
2010
Abstract
This paper presents a novel UWB printed monopole antenna designed to be part of a UWB radar system for heartbeat activity monitoring. The antenna has a compact size, a very good fidelity factor, and is matched in the 3.1 ÷ 10.6 GHz frequency range. Simulations in the presence of a thorax model have been conducted indicating that by using a radar UWB equipped with a suitable antenna the heart movements can be monitoredI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
