ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF WATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY

Johannes Schmid, Lukasz Niestoruk, Stefan Lamparth, Wilhelm Stork, Elena Pancera, Xuyang Li, Thomas Zwick

2010

Abstract

In this paper, the concept for an Ultra-wideband (UWB) radar system for the detection and quantification of water accumulations in the human body is presented. With this system, the amount of water in human organs (e.g. the bladder or the lung) can be estimated by processing reflected UWB signals. A simulation-based prove of concept of this approach is presented and it is shown that the system promises a feasible way to implement a mobile on-body water detection system for medical applications. Based on the simulation results, it can be concluded that UWB technology is a very promising opportunity for the realization of a mobile and continuous on-body water detection system that can drastically reduce the costs in different areas in the fields of urology and cardiology.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Schmid J., Niestoruk L., Lamparth S., Stork W., Pancera E., Li X. and Zwick T. (2010). ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF WATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-018-4, pages 397-400. DOI: 10.5220/0002694003970400

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals10,
author={Johannes Schmid and Lukasz Niestoruk and Stefan Lamparth and Wilhelm Stork and Elena Pancera and Xuyang Li and Thomas Zwick},
title={ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF WATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={397-400},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002694003970400},
isbn={978-989-674-018-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2010)
TI - ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF WATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY
SN - 978-989-674-018-4
AU - Schmid J.
AU - Niestoruk L.
AU - Lamparth S.
AU - Stork W.
AU - Pancera E.
AU - Li X.
AU - Zwick T.
PY - 2010
SP - 397
EP - 400
DO - 10.5220/0002694003970400