Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR

This work presents a novel non-contact heart sound monitoring approach using millimeter-wave RADAR technology. The proposed system enables simultaneous heart sound acquisition from multiple subjects, offering a contactless and efficient alternative to traditional stethoscopes, which are limited by t...

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Main Authors: Isabella Lenz, Yu Rong, Adarsh A. Venkataramani, Daniel W. Bliss
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of Microwaves
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11075562/
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Yu Rong
Adarsh A. Venkataramani
Daniel W. Bliss
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description This work presents a novel non-contact heart sound monitoring approach using millimeter-wave RADAR technology. The proposed system enables simultaneous heart sound acquisition from multiple subjects, offering a contactless and efficient alternative to traditional stethoscopes, which are limited by the need for direct contact and the inability to monitor multiple subjects concurrently. The RADAR-based heart sound system detects surface skin vibrations induced by the heart's mechanical motions through the chest cavity. It translates these mechanical displacements into time-frequency signals for heart sound analysis. The system employs a Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave RADAR with optimized parameters for heart sound recording. A complete RADAR signal processing chain is developed, incorporating automatic subject detection and localization using temporal features, spatial beamforming to separate signals from multiple subjects, and heart sound signal extraction. Experimental results demonstrate the system's capability to capture distinct heart sound signatures from up to three subjects simultaneously, with heart rates matching those obtained from reference digital stethoscopes. These findings highlight the potential of millimeter-wave RADAR technology for advanced biomedical sensing applications, enabling remote and simultaneous monitoring of multiple individuals in clinical and non-clinical environments.
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spelling doaj-art-9cc606d5ea4f4ba1b0f8f6da876e0da72025-07-09T23:00:26ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Microwaves2692-83882025-01-015476777510.1109/JMW.2025.357966811075562Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADARIsabella Lenz0Yu Rong1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-5786Adarsh A. Venkataramani2Daniel W. Bliss3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8962-2954Center for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA), School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USACenter for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA), School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USACenter for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA), School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USACenter for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA), School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USAThis work presents a novel non-contact heart sound monitoring approach using millimeter-wave RADAR technology. The proposed system enables simultaneous heart sound acquisition from multiple subjects, offering a contactless and efficient alternative to traditional stethoscopes, which are limited by the need for direct contact and the inability to monitor multiple subjects concurrently. The RADAR-based heart sound system detects surface skin vibrations induced by the heart's mechanical motions through the chest cavity. It translates these mechanical displacements into time-frequency signals for heart sound analysis. The system employs a Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave RADAR with optimized parameters for heart sound recording. A complete RADAR signal processing chain is developed, incorporating automatic subject detection and localization using temporal features, spatial beamforming to separate signals from multiple subjects, and heart sound signal extraction. Experimental results demonstrate the system's capability to capture distinct heart sound signatures from up to three subjects simultaneously, with heart rates matching those obtained from reference digital stethoscopes. These findings highlight the potential of millimeter-wave RADAR technology for advanced biomedical sensing applications, enabling remote and simultaneous monitoring of multiple individuals in clinical and non-clinical environments.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11075562/Cardiographheart soundmillimeter waveMIMORADARsignal processing
spellingShingle Isabella Lenz
Yu Rong
Adarsh A. Venkataramani
Daniel W. Bliss
Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR
IEEE Journal of Microwaves
Cardiograph
heart sound
millimeter wave
MIMO
RADAR
signal processing
title Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR
title_full Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR
title_fullStr Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR
title_full_unstemmed Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR
title_short Multi-Subject Remote Heart Sound Monitoring Using mmWave MIMO RADAR
title_sort multi subject remote heart sound monitoring using mmwave mimo radar
topic Cardiograph
heart sound
millimeter wave
MIMO
RADAR
signal processing
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11075562/
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