In the past decade, there has been a resurgence in the field of unobtrusive
cardiomechanical assessment, through advancing methods for measuring and interpreting …

Across the world, healthcare costs are projected to continue to increase, and the pressure
on the healthcare system is only going to grow in intensity as the rate of growth of elderly …

How we feel is greatly influenced by how well we sleep. Emerging quantified-self apps and
wearable devices allow people to measure and keep track of sleep duration, patterns and …

Study Objectives: To assess the diagnostic performance of a nonintrusive device placed
under the mattress to detect sleep apnea syndrome. Methods: One hundred eighteen …

Remote monitoring of vital signs for studying sleep is a user-friendly alternative to monitoring
with sensors attached to the skin. For instance, remote monitoring can allow unconstrained …

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of a wearable capacitive
pressure sensor for respiration-monitoring systems. For the dielectric layer of the proposed …

Background Precision health calls for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data to
capture an individual's unique behavior, lifestyle, genetics, and environmental context. The …

In this paper we present textile-based surface pressure mapping as a novel, unobtrusive
information source for activity recognition. The concept is motivated by the observation that …

Using geophones to sense bed vibrations caused by ballistic force has shown great
potential in monitoring a person's heart rate during sleep. It does not require a special …

There is extensive laboratory research studying the effects of acute sleep deprivation on
biological and cognitive functions, yet much less is known about naturalistic patterns of …