A Contactless Vision-based Technology for Heart and Respiration Rates Estimation
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Author
Moser, Virginie
Braun, Fabian
Lemkaddem, Alia
Dasen, Stephan
Grossenbacher, Olivier
Chebira, Amina
DOI
Abstract
A contactless vision solution has been developed to estimate heart and respiratory rates. This solution is based on the real-time processing of a sequence of images taken with a camera at one meter from the subject. The face and chest are recorded at 20 frames/second. A region of interest is selected on the forehead or the cheek to estimate the heart rate while the chest is used to estimate the respiratory rate. This technology will be tested in the neonatal intensive care unit and its performance compared to current solutions, based on gel electrodes, which are sensitive to body movements and thus responsible for a high rate of false alarms.
Publication Reference
CSEM Scientific and Technical Report 2016, p. 107
Year
2016