A Matched Filtering Technique for Noninvasive Monitoring of Human Respiration Using Ir-uwb Radar
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Impulse Radio Ultra Wideband (IR-UWB) signals are excellent candidates for use in radars for detection and monitoring of movements with small amplitude such as human breathing in presence of obstacles. This paper reports a method for noninvasive monitoring of human respiration using IR-UWB radar that is based on the detection of periodic variation in the time of arrival of the reflected pulse from the target human’s chest. A matched filtering approach for detection of periodic respiration pattern and its frequency along with the experimental setup and results are presented.
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