ABSTRACT

Detection of Heart Beat

This paper presents a contact-less heartbeat detection system and a

cardiopulmonary modeling. Using a vector network analyzer, our
proposed microwave system shows the ability of detecting the heartbeat
signal at different frequencies, as well as at different output power
levels. Based on parameters extracted from real measurements, a
model representing the heartbeat and the respiration signals is
presented. Different processing techniques are used in order to
separate the heartbeat and the respiration signals. For different signal to
noise ratios, wavelet filters show higher accuracy over classic filters in
determining both the heartbeat rate and the heart rate variability.