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In the untact COVID-19 era, the feasibility of a noncontact, impulse-radio ultrawideband (IR-UWB) radar sensor has important medical implications. Premature birth is a major risk factor for brain injury and developmental delay; therefore, early intervention is crucial for potentially achieving better developmental outcomes. Early detection and screening tests in infancy are limited to the quantification of differences between normal and spastic movements. This study investigated the quantified asymmetry in the general movements of an infant with hydrocephalus and proposes IR-UWB radar as a novel, early screening tool for developmental delay. To support this state-of-the-art technology, data from actigraphy and video camcorder recordings were adopted simultaneously to compare relevant time series as the infant grew. The data from the three different methods were highly concordant; specifically, the ρz values comparing radar and actigraphy, which served as the reference for measuring movements, showed excellent agreement, with values of 0.66 on the left and 0.56 on the right. The total amount of movement measured by radar over time increased overall; movements were almost dominant on the left at first (75.2% of total movements), but following shunt surgery, the frequency of movement on both sides was similar (54.8% of total movements). As the hydrocephalus improved, the lateralization of movement on radar began to coincide with the clinical features. These results support the important complementary role of this radar system in predicting motor disorders very early in life.

본 논문에서는 원거리에서의 IR-UWB 레이더 센서기반 수면 효율 측정 알고리즘을 제안한다. IR-UWB 레이더로 수면 중 측정 가능한 호흡수, 심박수, 움직임 등의 생체 지표 중 움직임과 수면 효율과의 관련성을 분석하고, 움직임을 기반으로 한 수면 효율 측정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이에 대한 타당성 및 성능검증을 위해 실제 병원에서의 수면다원검사 환자 3명에 대하여 본 알고리즘을 적용한 결과 평균 3.9% 이내의 절대오차를 갖는 검출성능을 얻었다.

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