Differential Enhancement Method for Robust and Accurate Heart Rate Monitoring via Microwave Vital Sign Sensing

• Published in: IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement Vol. 69; no. 9; pp. 7108 - 7118
• Main Authors: Xiong, Yuyong, Peng, Zhike, Gu, Changzhan, Li, Songxu, Wang, Dong, Zhang, Wenming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Differential enhancement (DE); Harmonic analysis; Heart beat; Heart rate; heart rate (HR) variability (HRV); heart rate monitoring; Interference; Mathematical analysis; Microwave filters; microwave radar; Monitoring; Periodic variations; Power harmonic filters; Respiration; respiration harmonic interference; Robustness (mathematics); Telemedicine; vital sign detection

Noncontact vital sign detection based on microwave sensing has attracted much interest for its important application potential in many fields, especially in the field of healthcare. However, robust and accurate heart rate (HR) tracking remains a challenge due to the tricky and universal respiration...