Twenty-four-hour continuous and remote monitoring of respiratory rate using a medical radar system for the early detection of pneumonia in symptomatic elderly bedridden hospitalized patients

Guanghao Sun; Masakazu Okada; Rin Nakamura; Taro Matsuo; Tetsuo Kirimoto; Yukiya Hakozaki; Takemi Matsui

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1922

Twenty-four-hour continuous and remote monitoring of respiratory rate using a medical radar system for the early detection of pneumonia in symptomatic elderly bedridden hospitalized patients

Clin Case Rep. 2018 Nov 13;7(1):83-86. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1922. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Guanghao Sun¹, Masakazu Okada², Rin Nakamura¹, Taro Matsuo¹, Tetsuo Kirimoto¹, Yukiya Hakozaki³, Takemi Matsui⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering The University of Electro-Communications Chofu, Tokyo Japan.
² Konica Minolta, Inc. Tokyo Japan.
³ Genkikai Yokohama Hospital Yokohama Japan.
⁴ Graduate School of System Design Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

Respiratory rate is often measured manually and discontinuously by counting of chest wall movements in routine clinical practice. We introduce a novel approach to investigate respiration dynamics using a noncontact medical radar system for identifying patient at risk of infection. The system enables early detection of pneumonia in bedridden hospitalized patients.

Keywords: long‐term monitoring; medical radar; pneumonia; respiratory rate.

Publication types

Case Reports