A New Approach for Detecting Sleep Apnea Using a Contactless Bed Sensor: Comparison Study.

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Background

At present, there is an increased demand for accurate and personalized patient monitoring because of the various challenges facing health care systems. For instance, rising costs and lack of physicians are two serious problems affecting the patient's care. Nonintrusive monitoring of vital signs is a potential solution to close current gaps in patient monitoring. As an example, bed-embedded ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensors can help physicians identify cardiac arrhythmia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) nonintrusively without interfering with the patient's everyday activities. Detecting OSA using BCG sensors is gaining popularity among researchers because of its simple installation and accessibility, that is, their nonwearable nature. In the field of nonintrusive vital si

SUBMITTER: Sadek I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7532465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature