Touch-less heartbeat detection and measurement-based cardiopulmonary modeling

This paper presents a system for touch-less heartbeat detection and a cardiopulmonary signal modeling approach. Using a vector network analyzer, a microwave system is tested for the detection of the heartbeat signal at a distance of 1 m from a person. The proposed system shows the ability of detecting the heartbeat signals with the possibility of tuning both frequency and power. Measurements are performed at 2.4, 5.8, 10, 16, and 60 GHz, as well as at different power levels between 0 and −27 dBm. Based on measurements performed for both respiration and heart beatings, a model of the measured signals representing the cardiopulmonary activity is presented. The heartbeat rate and the heart rate variability are extracted from the modeling signal using wavelet and classic filters, for SNR between 0 and −20 dB.

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