TY  - BOOK
AB  - In this paper we present a respiration sensor suitable for an integration into a wireless body sensor worn around the chest. The thorax expansion and contraction during in- and exhalation is captured using a force-sensing resistor. Based on the captured thoracic movements, the breaths are determined with a peak detection algorithm. For evaluation, a treadmill experiment with five subjects was conducted using an ergospirometry system as a reference. Overall, an average deviation of -0.32±0.68 min-1 in the respiration rate between the ergospirometry and our sensor was observed. In general, the captured thoracic movements showed breaths as distinctive oscillations, but in some cases a non-optimal pressure transfer between thorax and sensor was observed. Therefore, a mechanical housing mechanism was developed. A comparison of our construction with a respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP)-based sensor shows a close relationship with the captured thoracic movements during normal and deep respiration.
DA  - 2014
DO  - 10.1109/ICSENS.2014.6985042
KW  - Accelerometers
KW  - treadmill experiment
KW  - body sensor networks
KW  - force sensors
KW  - biomedical transducers
KW  - packaging
KW  - peak detectors
KW  - pressure sensors
KW  - RIP
KW  - wireless sensor networks
KW  - chest-strap based wireless body sensor
KW  - ergospirometry system
KW  - force-sensing resistor
KW  - mechanical housing mechanism
KW  - nonoptimal pressure transfer
KW  - oscillation
KW  - peak detection algorithm
KW  - Wireless sensor networks
KW  - Wireless communication
KW  - Temperature measurement
KW  - Resistors
KW  - Biomedical monitoring
KW  - Plethysmography
KW  - respiration sensor
KW  - respiratory inductance plethysmography
KW  - thoracic movement
KW  - thorax contraction
KW  - thorax expansion
LA  - eng
PY  - 2014
SN  - 9781479901623
TI  - A Respiration Sensor for a Chest-Strap Based Wireless Body Sensor
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-27306617
Y2  - 2024-11-25T01:14:05
ER  -