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In this paper, we present two video processing techniques for contact-less estimation of the Respiratory Rate (RR) of framed subjects. Due to the modest extent of movements related to respiration in both infants and adults, specific…

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This paper explores using RSS measurements on many links in a wireless network to estimate the breathing rate of a person, and the location where the breathing is occurring, in a home, while the person is sitting, laying down, standing, or…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Neal Patwari , Lara Brewer , Quinn Tate , Ossi Kaltiokallio , Maurizio Bocca

The exponential rise in wearable sensors has garnered significant interest in assessing the physiological parameters during day-to-day activities. Respiration rate is one of the vital parameters used in the performance assessment of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-10 Kapil Singh Rathore , Sricharan Vijayarangan , Preejith SP , Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam

We propose DeepBreath, a deep learning model which automatically recognises people's psychological stress level (mental overload) from their breathing patterns. Using a low cost thermal camera, we track a person's breathing patterns as…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Youngjun Cho , Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze , Simon J. Julier

Breath analysis has emerged as a critical tool in health monitoring, offering insights into respiratory function, disease detection, and continuous health assessment. While traditional contact-based methods are reliable, they often pose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Almustapha A. Wakili , Babajide J. Asaju , Woosub Jung

Non-invasive at-home monitoring of lung and lung airways health enables the early detection and tracking of respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Various proposed approaches estimate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-12 Maria Nyamukuru , Kofi Odame

This paper presents an unobtrusive solution that can automatically identify deep breath when a person is walking past the global depth camera. Existing non-contact breath assessments achieve satisfactory results under restricted conditions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Yunlu Wang , Cheng Yang , Menghan Hu , Jian Zhang , Qingli Li , Guangtao Zhai , Xiao-Ping Zhang

Non-contact vital sign detection is a required application nowadays in many fields as patient monitoring and static human detection. Within the last decade, radar has been introduced as a smart and convenient sensor for non-contact…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-28 Sherif Abdulatif , Fady Aziz , Pelin Altiner , Bernhard Kleiner , Urs Schneider

Breathing is vital to life. Therefore, the real-time monitoring of breathing pattern of a patient is crucial to respiratory rehabilitation therapies such as magnetic resonance exams for respiratory-triggered imaging, chronic pulmonary…

Radio signals are sensitive to changes in the environment, which for example is reflected on the received signal strength (RSS) measurements of low-cost wireless devices. This information has been used effectively in the past years e.g. in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-07-09 Ossi Kaltiokallio , Hüseyin Yigitler , Riku Jäntti , Neal Patwari

Estimating human vital signs in a contactless non-invasive method using radar provides a convenient method in the medical field to conduct several health checkups easily and quickly. In addition to monitoring while sitting and sleeping, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-14 Tassneem Helal , Fady Aziz , Omar Metwally , Marco F. Huber , Dominik Alscher , Christoph Wasser , Urs Schneider

The patterns of inhalation and exhalation contain important physiological signals that can be used to anticipate human behavior, health trends, and vital parameters. Human activity recognition (HAR) is fundamentally connected to these vital…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Ashutosh Kumar Sinha , Ayush Patel , Mitul Dudhat , Pritam Anand , Rahul Mishra

Respiratory diseases impose a significant burden on global health, with current diagnostic and management practices primarily reliant on specialist clinical testing. This work aims to develop machine learning-based algorithms to facilitate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Negar Orangi-Fard , Alexandru Bogdan , Hersh Sagreiya

In this study, we present a non-contact respiratory anomaly detection method using incoherent light-wave signals reflected from the chest of a mechanical robot that can breathe like human beings. In comparison to existing radar and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-19 Md Zobaer Islam , Brenden Martin , Carly Gotcher , Tyler Martinez , John F. O'Hara , Sabit Ekin

Human respiratory rate and its pattern convey essential information about the physical and psychological states of the subject. Abnormal breathing can indicate fatal health issues leading to further diagnosis and treatment. Wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Md Zobaer Islam , Brenden Martin , Carly Gotcher , Tyler Martinez , John F. O'Hara , Sabit Ekin

The lack of large video databases obtained from real patients with respiratory disorders makes the design and optimization of video-based monitoring systems quite critical. The purpose of this study is the development of suitable models and…

Applications · Statistics 2023-07-14 Davide Alinovi , Gianluigi Ferrari , Francesco Pisani , Riccardo Raheli

Cardiorespiratory coupling (CRC) captures the dynamic interaction between the cardiac and respiratory systems--an interaction strengthened by physical exercise and linked to improved physiological function. We examined CRC at high altitude…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Jiankai Tang , Meng Kang , Yiru Zhang , Kegang Wang , Daniel Mcduff , Xin Liu , Yuanchun Shi , Yuntao Wang

Respiratory diseases remain a leading cause of mortality worldwide, highlighting the need for faster and more accurate diagnostic tools. This work presents a novel approach leveraging digital stethoscope technology for automatic respiratory…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Constantino Álvarez Casado , Manuel Lage Cañellas , Matteo Pedone , Xiaoting Wu , Le Nguyen , Miguel Bordallo López

Signal-based early detection of illnesses has been a key topic in research and hospital settings; it reduces technological costs and paves the way for quick and effective patient-care operations. Elementary machine learning and signal…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2020-11-04 Camille Dunning

This paper shows experimentally that standard wireless networks which measure received signal strength (RSS) can be used to reliably detect human breathing and estimate the breathing rate, an application we call "BreathTaking". We show that…

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