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Recent advancements in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radar technology have enabled contactless, non-line-of-sight vital sign monitoring, making it a valuable tool for healthcare. However, UWB radar's ability to capture sensitive physiological data,…

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Distributed massive MIMO (D-MIMO) is a promising technology for future generation wireless systems as it takes advantage of both an increased array aperture and a decentralized processing architecture and topology. In order to truly…

Medical image analysis continues to hold interesting challenges given the subtle characteristics of certain diseases and the significant overlap in appearance between diseases. In this work, we explore the concept of self-attention for…

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The prompt and accurate recognition of Continuous Human Activity (CHAR) is critical in identifying and responding to health events, particularly fall risk assessment. In this paper, we examine a multi-antenna radar system that can process…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-14 John Kobak , Bennett J. Richman , LaJuan Washington , Syed A. Hamza

As a widely used localization and sensing technique, radars will play an important role in future wireless networks. However, the wireless channels between the radar and the targets are passively adopted by traditional radars, which limits…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-27 Haobo Zhang , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Kaigui Bian , Zhu Han , Lingyang Song

In this paper, we consider a distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar which radiates waveforms with non-ideal cross- and auto-correlation functions and derive a novel subspace-based procedure to detect and localize multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-09 Yangming Lai , Luca Venturino , Emanuele Grossi , Wei Yi

This paper explores the deployment of mm-wave Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar for vital sign detection across multiple scenarios. We focus on overcoming the limitations of traditional sensing methods by enhancing signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Ehsan Sadeghi , Paul Havinga

Multi-beam radar sensing systems are emerging as powerful tools for non-contact motion tracking and vital-sign monitoring in healthcare environments. This paper presents the design and experimental validation of a synchronized…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Mohammad Omid Bagheri , Justin Chow , Josh Visser , Veronica Leong , George Shaker

Distributed phased Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (phased-MIMO) radar systems have attracted wide attention in target detection and tracking. However, the phase-shifting circuits in phased subarrays contribute to high power consumption and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-18 Qian Li , Ziang Yang , Dou Li , Hongliang Zhang

Human activity recognition is seen of great importance in the medical and surveillance fields. Radar has shown great feasibility for this field based on the captured micro-Doppler ({\mu}-D) signatures. In this paper, a MIMO radar is used to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-04 Fady Aziz , Omar Metwally , Pascal Weller , Urs Schneider , Marco F. Huber

The ability to observe the world is fundamental to reasoning and making informed decisions on how to interact with the environment. However, optical perception can often be disrupted due to common occurrences, such as occlusions, which can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Laura Dodds , Tara Boroushaki , Cusuh Ham , Fadel Adib

In this paper, we investigate noncoherent multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ultra-wideband (UWB) systems where the signal is encoded by differential space-time block code (DSTBC). DSTBC enables noncoherent MIMO UWB systems to achieve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-06-06 Taotao Wang , Tiejun Lv , Hui Gao , Yueming Lu

Positional estimation is of great importance in the public safety sector. Emergency responders such as fire fighters, medical rescue teams, and the police will all benefit from a resilient positioning system to deliver safe and effective…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Zhuangzhuang Dai , Muhamad Risqi U. Saputra , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham

Vital sign (breathing and heartbeat) monitoring is essential for patient care and sleep disease prevention. Most current solutions are based on wearable sensors or cameras; however, the former could affect sleep quality, while the latter…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Xiang Zhang , Yu Gu , Huan Yan , Yantong Wang , Mianxiong Dong , Kaoru Ota , Fuji Ren , Yusheng Ji

Wireless techniques for monitoring human vital signs, such as heart and breathing rates, offer a promising solution in the context of joint communication and sensing (JCAS) with applications in medicine, sports, safety, security, and even…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Jakub Dobosz , Maximilian Engelhardt , Diego Dupleich , Maciej Stapor , Pawel Kulakowski

We present a dual-domain microwave photonic radar system for multi-parameter vital sign monitoring, utilizing ultra-wideband radiofrequency signals to achieve high-precision chest displacement measurements, while high-frequency optical…

Real-time vital sign monitoring is gaining immense significance not only in the medical field but also in personal health management. Facing the needs of different application scenarios of the smart and healthy city in the future, the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-27 Dingding Liang , Yang Chen , Jiawei Gao , Taixia Shi , Jianping Yao

This paper investigates the spectrum sharing between a multiple-input single-output (MISO) secure communication system and a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar system in the presence of one suspicious eavesdropper. We jointly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-29 Peng Liu , Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Zhong Zheng , Xiangnan Li , Jie Xu

This paper describes a radio architecture for distributed spectrum sharing of multiple channels among secondary users (SUs) in a wide band of frequencies and a localized area. A novel Multichannel Immediate Multiple Access (MIMA) physical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-10 Mingming Cai , J. Nicholas Laneman

This study proposes a multi-radar system for non-contact physiological sensing across arbitrary body orientations. In integrating signals obtained from different radar viewpoints, we adopt a multivariate variational mode decomposition…

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