Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate

Abstract Many health diagnostic systems demand noninvasive sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate with high user comfort. Previous methods often require multiple sensors, including skin-touch electrodes, tension belts, or nearby off-the-body readers, and hence are uncomforta...

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Autores principales: Pragya Sharma, Xiaonan Hui, Jianlin Zhou, Thomas B. Conroy, Edwin C. Kan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8e08baa661044c69b6dc126fb61c35c72021-12-02T18:46:55ZWearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate10.1038/s41746-020-0307-62398-6352https://doaj.org/article/8e08baa661044c69b6dc126fb61c35c72020-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-0307-6https://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352Abstract Many health diagnostic systems demand noninvasive sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate with high user comfort. Previous methods often require multiple sensors, including skin-touch electrodes, tension belts, or nearby off-the-body readers, and hence are uncomfortable or inconvenient. This paper presents an over-clothing wearable radio-frequency sensor study, conducted on 20 healthy participants (14 females) performing voluntary breathing exercises in various postures. Two prototype sensors were placed on the participants, one close to the heart and the other below the xiphoid process to couple to the motion from heart, lungs and diaphragm, by the near-field coherent sensing principle. We can achieve a satisfactory correlation of our sensor with the reference devices for the three vital signs: heart rate (r = 0.95), respiratory rate (r = 0.93) and respiratory volume (r = 0.84). We also detected voluntary breath-hold periods with an accuracy of 96%. Further, the participants performed a breathing exercise by contracting abdomen inwards while holding breath, leading to paradoxical outward thorax motion under the isovolumetric condition, which was detected with an accuracy of 83%.Pragya SharmaXiaonan HuiJianlin ZhouThomas B. ConroyEdwin C. KanNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
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Pragya Sharma
Xiaonan Hui
Jianlin Zhou
Thomas B. Conroy
Edwin C. Kan
Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate
description Abstract Many health diagnostic systems demand noninvasive sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate with high user comfort. Previous methods often require multiple sensors, including skin-touch electrodes, tension belts, or nearby off-the-body readers, and hence are uncomfortable or inconvenient. This paper presents an over-clothing wearable radio-frequency sensor study, conducted on 20 healthy participants (14 females) performing voluntary breathing exercises in various postures. Two prototype sensors were placed on the participants, one close to the heart and the other below the xiphoid process to couple to the motion from heart, lungs and diaphragm, by the near-field coherent sensing principle. We can achieve a satisfactory correlation of our sensor with the reference devices for the three vital signs: heart rate (r = 0.95), respiratory rate (r = 0.93) and respiratory volume (r = 0.84). We also detected voluntary breath-hold periods with an accuracy of 96%. Further, the participants performed a breathing exercise by contracting abdomen inwards while holding breath, leading to paradoxical outward thorax motion under the isovolumetric condition, which was detected with an accuracy of 83%.
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author Pragya Sharma
Xiaonan Hui
Jianlin Zhou
Thomas B. Conroy
Edwin C. Kan
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Xiaonan Hui
Jianlin Zhou
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Edwin C. Kan
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title Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate
title_short Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate
title_full Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate
title_fullStr Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate
title_full_unstemmed Wearable radio-frequency sensing of respiratory rate, respiratory volume, and heart rate
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