UWB Transmission through Human Thorax: An Index of Cardiac Health

Authors

  • Kedar Nath Sahu Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women,Hyderabad,India
  • Challa Dhanunjaya Naidu VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India
  • Jaya Sankar Kottareddygari Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v16i13.18593

Keywords:

human heartbeat, tissue dielectric properties, ultra-wideband, transmission coefficient

Abstract


There are many applications which require remote and non-invasive measurement of heartbeat of a human being using an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar. Sophisticated models and their analysis need to be referred before the design of a practical radar prototype. In this paper, i) a UWB wave propagation model of human thorax and ii) the power transmission coefficients estimated from the simulations of the model in the range 1-10 GHz using MATLAB are presented. The study reveals that there is a periodic variation of the transmission coefficients in correlation with the instantaneous physical dimensions of an active heart.

Author Biographies

Kedar Nath Sahu, Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women,Hyderabad,India

Professor,Department of ECE

Challa Dhanunjaya Naidu, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India

Professor,Department of ECE

Jaya Sankar Kottareddygari, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

Professor,Department of ECE

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Published

2020-11-17

How to Cite

Sahu, K. N., Naidu, C. D., & Kottareddygari, J. S. (2020). UWB Transmission through Human Thorax: An Index of Cardiac Health. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 16(13), pp. 70–81. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v16i13.18593

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 13 (2020)

Section

Papers

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