Analysis of the Parameters of Respiration Patterns Extracted from Thermal Image Sequences

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Journal Biocybern Biomed Eng

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2020 Apr 15

PMID 32287710

Citations 4

Authors

Jacek Ruminski

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Abstract

Remote estimation of vital signs is an important and active area of research. The goal of this work was to analyze the feasibility of estimating respiration parameters from video sequences of faces recorded using a mobile thermal camera. Different estimators were analyzed and experimentally verified. It was demonstrated that the respiration rate, periodicity of respiration, and presence and length of apnea periods could be reliably estimated from signals recorded using a portable thermal camera. The size of the camera and efficiency of the methods allow the implementation of this method in smart glasses.

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