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Improving the Accuracy of mmWave Radar for Ethical Patient Monitoring in Mental Health Settings.
- Source :
- Sensors (14248220); Sep2024, Vol. 24 Issue 18, p6074, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Monitoring patient safety in high-risk mental health environments is a challenge for clinical staff. There has been a recent increase in the adoption of contactless sensing solutions for remote patient monitoring. mmWave radar is a technology that has high potential in this field due it its low cost and protection of privacy; however, it is prone to multipath reflections and other sources of environmental noise. This paper discusses some of the challenges in mmWave remote sensing applications for patient safety in mental health wards. In line with these challenges, we propose a novel low-data solution to mitigate the impact of multipath reflections and other sources of noise in mmWave sensing. Our solution uses an unscented Kalman filter for target tracking over time and analyses features of movement to determine whether targets are human or not. We chose a commercial off-the-shelf radar and compared the accuracy and reliability of sensor measurements before and after applying our solution. Our results show a marked decrease in false positives and false negatives during human target tracking, as well as an improvement in spatial location detection in a two-dimensional space. These improvements demonstrate how a simple low-data solution can improve existing mmWave sensors, making them more suitable for patient safety solutions in high-risk environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- REMOTE sensing
PATIENT safety
TRACKING radar
PATIENT monitoring
KALMAN filtering
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14248220
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sensors (14248220)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179964738
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s24186074