ArticleScientific reports2022
Contactless radar-based breathing monitoring of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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- Next generation of non-contact and wireless vital sign monitoring technology in the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic Literature Review Regarding Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate Measurement by Means of Radar Technology.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Contactless Technologies, Sensors, and Systems for Cardiac and Respiratory Measurement during Sleep: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Personalized respiratory guidance strategy via millimeter-wave radar-based breathing consistency score.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2026Article
- Camera-based respiratory rate monitoring in unmodified neonatal intensive care - a cross-sectional study in a UK hospital.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Noninvasive Measurement of Infant Respiration During Sleep: A Validation Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence in sleep diagnostics for children under 2 years of age: state of the evidence and future directions.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Next-generation digital twin model with unobtrusive RF multi-sensing for AI-based human monitoring.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Premature Infants With Pulmonary Complications Exhibit Decreased Skin Maturity Early After Birth: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Article
- Radar-Based Monitoring: A Proof of Principle Study in a Piglet Model for a Novel Approach in Non-Contact Vital Sign Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Clinical Evaluation of an AI-Based Prototype for Contactless Respiratory Monitoring in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Non-contact lung disease classification via orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based passive 6G integrated sensing and communication.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring reference standards for the measurement of respiratory rate in children under 5 years of age: a scoping review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Millimeter-Wave MIMO radar for contactless neonatal heart-rate assessment: performance under common resuscitation-related maneuvers and feasibility in clinical workflow.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Survey of Research Trends in mmWave Technologies for Medical Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Contactless Breathing Monitoring at Home and in the Hospital: Protocol for a Low-Cost Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Radar-Based Device.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Neonatal supraventricular tachycardia: current diagnostic approaches and emerging technologies.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Sex and age estimation from cardiac signals captured via radar using data augmentation and deep learning: a privacy concern.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Non-contact human identification through radar signals using convolutional neural networks across multiple physiological scenarios.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Non-Contact Stable Arterial Pulse Measurement Using mmWave Array Radar.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Vital sign monitoring systems are essential in the care of hospitalized neonates. Due to the immaturity of their organs and immune system, premature infants require continuous monitoring of their vital parameters and sensors need to be directly attached to their fragile skin. Besides mobility restrictions and stress, these sensors often cause skin irritation and may lead to pressure necrosis. In this work, we show that a contactless radar-based approach is viable for breathing monitoring in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). For the first time, different scenarios common to the NICU daily routine are investigated, and the challenges of monitoring in a real clinical setup are addressed through different contributions in the signal processing framework. Rather than just discarding measurements under strong interference, we present a novel random body movement mitigation technique based on the time-frequency decomposition of the recovered signal. In addition, we propose a simple and accurate frequency estimator which explores the harmonic structure of the breathing signal. As a result, the proposed radar-based solution is able to provide reliable breathing frequency estimation, which is close to the reference cabled device values most of the time. Our findings shed light on the strengths and limitations of this technology and lay the foundation for future studies toward a completely contactless solution for vital signs monitoring.
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