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Contactless respiration monitoring of infants

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Five alternative contactless methods for monitoring respiration in infants during the first year of life are evaluated. The methods are: (i) an air-filled mattress system, (ii) an under-mattress pressure sensor, (iii) a magnetometer and magnet, (iv) a capacitance-change detector and (v) a radar reflection system. A battery-powered 2-channel radar system is described in detail and some results are given of information obtained from overnight recordings in infants.

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On a évalué cing méthodes différentes de contrôle sans contact de la respiration infantile pendant la première année d'existence. Ces méthodes sont les suivantes: (i) système de matelas rempli d'air; (ii) détectuer de pression sous matelas; (iii) magnétomètre à aimant; (iv) détecteur de changement de capacité et (v) système de réflection radar. L'article décrit en détail un système radar à deux canaux à pile et présente quelques résultats d'informations obtenues à partir d'enregistrements effectués chez des enfants au cours de la nuit.

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Es wurden fünf alternative kontaktlose Verfahren zur Atemüberwachung von Säuglingen während des ersten Lebensjahres beurteilt. Es handelte sich um folgende Verfahren: (i) das luftgefüllte Matratzensystem, (ii) Druckfühler unter der Matratze, (iii) Magnetometer und Magnet, (iv) Kapazitanzänderungssucher und (v) ein Radar-Reflektionssystem. Ein batteriebetriebenes Radarsystem mit zwei Kanälen wird genauer beschrieben, und es werden einige Ergebnisse in Form von Daten aus während der Nacht an Säuglingen vorgenommenen Aufzeichnungen angegeben.

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  1. Regional Medical Physics Department, Weston Park Hospital, Whitham Road, S10 2SJ, Sheffield, England

    C. I. Franks & B. H. Brown

  2. Department of Child Health, The University, S10 2TN, Sheffield, England

    D. M. Johnston

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Franks, C.I., Brown, B.H. & Johnston, D.M. Contactless respiration monitoring of infants. Med. & biol. Engng. 14, 306–312 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478126

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