Detecting Specific Health-Related Events Using an Integrated Sensor System for Vital Sign Monitoring

Author: Adnane Mourad   Jiang Zhongwei   Choi Samjin   Jang Hoyoung  

Publisher: MDPI

E-ISSN: 1424-8220|9|9|6897-6912

ISSN: 1424-8220

Source: Sensors, Vol.9, Iss.9, 2009-09, pp. : 6897-6912

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Abstract

In this paper, a new method for the detection of apnea/hypopnea periods in physiological data is presented. The method is based on the intelligent combination of an integrated sensor system for long-time cardiorespiratory signal monitoring and dedicated signal-processing packages. Integrated sensors are a PVDF film and conductive fabric sheets. The signal processing package includes dedicated respiratory cycle (RC) and QRS complex detection algorithms and a new method using the respiratory cycle variability (RCV) for detecting apnea/hypopnea periods in physiological data. Results show that our method is suitable for online analysis of long time series data.