Authors: Matsui T.¹; Ishizuka T.¹; Ishihara M.^{1, 2}; Matsumura K.³; Kikuchi M.¹; Kurita A.¹

Source: Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, Volume 27, Number 3, May-June 2003 , pp. 133-136(4)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to develop a non-contact method to evaluate the heart and respiratory rates simultaneously using a single optical sensor which can be used without the removal of clothes before a decontamination procedure in biochemical hazards. We measured the heart and respiratory rates with and without clothes to assess the vital sign monitoring before decontamination. In order to monitor the heart and respiratory rates of rabbits simultaneously, the respiratory and cardiac peaks were separated using fast Fourier transform from a 5 mW helium-neon laser (wavelength 632.8 nm) reflected off the chest walls of rabbits. A cloth (50 mm×50 mm, 2 mm thick) was placed on the chest of the rabbits to simulate the vital sign monitoring with clothes. The heart rate measured using this method agreed with the rate derived from an electrocardiogram (r = 0.82, p<0.05). The respiratory rate correlated with the manually measured respirator rate (r = 0.93, p<0.05). This method appears promising as a non-contact method for monitoring the heart and respiratory rates of patients under biochemically hazardous conditions.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309190021000036853

Affiliations: 1: Research Institute, Division of Biomedical Engineering, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Japan 2: Department of Medical Engineering, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Japan 3: Central Research Laboratory, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Japan

Publication date: 2003-05-01

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