A Novel Human Respiration Pattern Recognition Using Signals of Ultra-Wideband Radar Sensor (original) (raw)

Non-Contact Breathing Monitoring Using Sleep Breathing Detection Algorithm (SBDA) Based on UWB Radar Sensors

Sensors

Ultra-wideband radar application for sleep breathing monitoring is hampered by the difficulty of obtaining breathing signals for non-stationary subjects. This occurs due to imprecise signal clutter removal and poor body movement removal algorithms for extracting accurate breathing signals. Therefore, this paper proposed a Sleep Breathing Detection Algorithm (SBDA) to address this challenge. First, SBDA introduces the combination of variance feature with Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) to tackle the issue of clutter signals. This method used Daubechies wavelets with five levels of decomposition to satisfy the signal-to-noise ratio in the signal. Second, SBDA implements a curve fit based sinusoidal pattern algorithm for detecting periodic motion. The measurement was taken by comparing the R-square value to differentiate between chest and body movements. Last but not least, SBDA applied the Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) method for extracting breathing signals before tra...

Ultra Wideband Radar for Respiratory Monitoring on Sleep Position

Journal of Measurements, Electronics, Communications, and Systems

Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that has a relation with respiratory system during sleep. One of the sleep apnea characteristic is suddenly stop breathing during sleep. People have the different of respiratory rate (RR) which is affected by sleep positions and body mass index (BMI).There are four sleep positions affecting the respiratory rate (RR). Polysomnography (PSG) is conventionally used to analysis the sleep apnea. This technique requires body contact that might be uncomfortable for the patient. In this study, the Xethru X4M200 radar sensor is proposed as non-contact tool to detect the RR by implementing the Doppler effect. Furthermore, the relation between RR with the sleep position and the BMI are discused. For that purpose, 20 participants (10 males and 10 females) with dierent BMIs and sleep positions are examined by monitoring their chest movement. This method is able to detect the indication of bradypnoea or tachypnoea. Futher systematic study and more participants are r...

Validation of a New Contactless and Continuous Respiratory Rate Monitoring Device Based on Ultra-Wideband Radar Technology

Sensors

Respiratory rate (RR) is typically the first vital sign to change when a patient decompensates. Despite this, RR is often monitored infrequently and inaccurately. The Circadia Contactless Breathing Monitor™ (model C100) is a novel device that uses ultra-wideband radar to monitor RR continuously and un-obtrusively. Performance of the Circadia Monitor was assessed by direct comparison to manually scored reference data. Data were collected across a range of clinical and non-clinical settings, considering a broad range of user characteristics and use cases, in a total of 50 subjects. Bland–Altman analysis showed high agreement with the gold standard reference for all study data, and agreement fell within the predefined acceptance criteria of ±5 breaths per minute (BrPM). The 95% limits of agreement were −3.0 to 1.3 BrPM for a nonprobability sample of subjects while awake, −2.3 to 1.7 BrPM for a clinical sample of subjects while asleep, and −1.2 to 0.7 BrPM for a sample of healthy subjec...