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- Fucheng Deng, Lingyun Ye, and Kaichen Song.
- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. dunfen@zju.edu.cn.
- Sensors (Basel). 2014 Jan 1; 14 (6): 10381-94.
AbstractIn this paper, a novel method for respiratory monitoring is presented. The method is based on Trichel pulses (TPs) using a simple field ionization sensor which consists of a needle electrode and a plate electrode. Experiments have been conducted to demonstrate that different respiratory patterns, including normal, ultra-fast, deep breaths, and apnea could be easily monitored in real time by detecting the changes in the TP frequency. The vital capacity could also be assessed by calculating the variation of TP frequency. It is found that the operation principle of the proposed sensor is based on the effects of breath airflow and the atomized water in exhaled air on the TP frequency by changing the ionization process and the dynamics of charged particles in the short gap. The influences of applied voltage and ambient parameters have also been investigated.
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