Non-invasive diver respiration rate monitoring in hyperbaric lifeboat environments using short-range radar

Mikolaj Czerkawski; Fraser Stewart; Christos Ilioudis; Craig Michie; Ivan Andonovic; Robert Atkinson; Maurice Coull; Donald Sandilands; Gareth Kerr; Carmine Clemente; Christos Tachtatzis

Non-invasive diver respiration rate monitoring in hyperbaric lifeboat environments using short-range radar

Mikolaj Czerkawski, Fraser Stewart, Christos Ilioudis, Craig Michie, Ivan Andonovic, Robert Atkinson, Maurice Coull, Donald Sandilands, Gareth Kerr, Carmine Clemente, Christos Tachtatzis

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The monitoring of diver health during emergency events is crucial to ensuring the safety of personnel. A noninvasive system continuously providing a measure of the respiration rate of individual divers is exceedingly beneficial in this context. The paper reports on the application of short-range radar to record the respiration rate of divers within hyperbaric lifeboat environments. Results demonstrate that the respiratory motion can be extracted from the radar return signal applying routine signal processing. Further, evidence is provided that the radar-based approach yields a more accurate measure of respiration rate than an audio signal from a headset microphone. The system promotes an improvement in evacuation protocols under critical operational scenarios.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2021
Event	Oceans 2021 - San Diego, San Diego, United States Duration: 20 Sept 2021 → 23 Sept 2021 https://global21.oceansconference.org/

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Conference	Oceans 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	20/09/21 → 23/09/21
Internet address	https://global21.oceansconference.org/

Keywords

Doppler radar
vital signs
saturation diving support

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Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Czerkawski, Mikolaj
Tachtatzis, C. (Principal Investigator), Clemente, C. (Co-investigator) & Czerkawski, M. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/19 → 11/08/23
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
KTP - Fathom Systems
Tachtatzis, C. (Principal Investigator), Andonovic, I. (Co-investigator), Atkinson, R. (Co-investigator), Cleary, A. (Co-investigator) & Michie, C. (Co-investigator)
Fathom Systems Limited, KTP Govt (TSB)
4/09/17 → 3/09/20
Project: Research

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Non-invasive diver respiration rate monitoring in hyperbaric lifeboat environments using short-range radar

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