Neonatal non-contact respiratory monitoring based on real-time infrared thermography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring of vital parameters is an important topic in neonatal daily care. Progress in computational intelligence and medical sensors has facilitated the development of smart bedside monitors that can integrate multiple parameters into a single monitoring system. This paper describes non-contact monitoring of neonatal vital signals based on infrared thermography as a new biomedical engineering application. One signal of clinical interest is the spontaneous respiration rate of the neonate. It will be shown that the respiration rate of neonates can be monitored based on analysis of the anterior naris (nostrils) temperature profile associated with the inspiration and expiration phases successively.

Objective

The aim of this study is to develop and investigate a new

SUBMITTER: Abbas AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3258209 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature