In this paper, different signal processing techniques are used to evaluate the breath frequency of volunteers starting from signals measured by a body-worn ultra-wideband radar. The measurement setup is based on a time domain reflectometry technique, and comprises an ultra-wideband antenna in contact with the subject’s thorax, and a vector network analyzer. The breath frequencies, obtained applying the different processing techniques on the signal reflected from the human thorax, are compared in terms of accuracy against measures acquired by a piezoelectric belt, which is a widely adopted commercial system for respiratory activity monitoring. Finally, the different techniques are compared with each other in terms of accuracy and execution time.
Measurement of breath frequency by body-worn UWB radars. A comparison among different signal processing techniques / Pittella, Erika; Zanaj, Blerina; Pisa, Stefano; Cavagnaro, Marta. - In: IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL. - ISSN 1530-437X. - STAMPA. - 17:6(2017), pp. 1772-1780. [10.1109/JSEN.2017.2654538]
Measurement of breath frequency by body-worn UWB radars. A comparison among different signal processing techniques
PITTELLA, ERIKA;ZANAJ, BLERINA;PISA, Stefano;CAVAGNARO, Marta
2017
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In this paper, different signal processing techniques are used to evaluate the breath frequency of volunteers starting from signals measured by a body-worn ultra-wideband radar. The measurement setup is based on a time domain reflectometry technique, and comprises an ultra-wideband antenna in contact with the subject’s thorax, and a vector network analyzer. The breath frequencies, obtained applying the different processing techniques on the signal reflected from the human thorax, are compared in terms of accuracy against measures acquired by a piezoelectric belt, which is a widely adopted commercial system for respiratory activity monitoring. Finally, the different techniques are compared with each other in terms of accuracy and execution time.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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