An X-Band Microwave Life-Detection System

Kun Mu Chen; Devendra Misra; Huei Wang; Huey-Ru Chuang; Elliot Postow

doi:10.1109/TBME.1986.325760

An X-Band Microwave Life-Detection System

Kun Mu Chen, Devendra Misra, Huei Wang, Huey-Ru Chuang, Elliot Postow

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Abstract

An X-band microwave life-detection system has been developed for detecting the heartbeat and breathing of human subjects lying on the ground at a distance of about 30 m or located behind a cinder block wall. The basic principle of the system is to illuminate the subject with a low-intensity microwave beam, and then from the back-scattered microwave signal, extract the heart and breathing signals that modulate it. The circuit description of the system and some experimental results are presented. Potential applications of the system are noted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	697-701
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Volume	BME-33
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.1986.325760
Publication status	Published - 1986 Jan 1

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Chen, K. M., Misra, D., Wang, H., Chuang, H-R., & Postow, E. (1986). An X-Band Microwave Life-Detection System. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, BME-33(7), 697-701. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.1986.325760

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