Implementation of vital sign detection algorithms on a high-performance digital signal processor

• Main Author: Pettersson, Tobias
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linköpings universitet, Fysik och elektroteknik 2017
• Subjects: Digital Signal Processing; Fast Fourier Transform; Phase-demodulation; MATLAB; Graphical User Interface; Signal Processing; Signalbehandling
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-143869

This thesis investigates the possibility of detecting weak vital signs, such as heartbeat and respiration rate, through the implementation of quadrature demodulation and frequency spectrum algorithms on a high performance digital signal processor. This thesis has been part of an ongoing research project at Linkoping University, with the aim to develop a sensor platform for wireless measurements of these vital signs. This sensor platform has been expected to consist of two major physical devices, a RF-radar front-end including a quadrature multi-port and a processing back-end which holds the implementation of the algorithms to detect the vital signs. The back-end consists of a data acquisition- and a processing-part which together forms the digital signal processor. The results show that the implemented algorithms works in terms of being able to find artificial vital signs from quadrature signals. This result also confirms that the hardware solution proposed during this thesis, has been considered as viable for the aim of the project.