Measurement of the Complex Human Atrial-Ventricular Motions using Contact-Based Doppler Radar

Contact-based cardiac motion detection using Quadrature Doppler radar faces a challenge of the I/Q-formed non-arc constellation. In this work, a hypothesis is brought forward that such complicated constellation originates from not one, but two moving targets. The dual-motion model may very well explain that contact-based Doppler radar detects both atrium and ventricle motions during cardiac cycles. In this work, dual-motion simulation and phantom measurements are presented, verifying that the atrial-ventricular motions are the reason that I/Q baseband signals transcribe a complex non-arc constellation. It offers the first evidence that contact-based Doppler radar measures actual heart motion.

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