Contact-less Vital Parameter Determination: An e-Health Solution for Elderly Care

Christian Wiede, Julia Richter, Gangolf Hirtz

2019

Abstract

Vital parameters are key figures for the basis functions of the human body. Without these basis body functions, such as the heart beat, life is impossible. Therefore, vital parameters are indicators for a person’s general medical condition. In recent years, the topic of vital parameter monitoring has been increasingly studied in the field of e-health. Especially the contact-less determination of vital parameters, such as heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure, with consumer cameras brings a variety of advantages. In this work, we present methods to determine the mentioned vital parameters in a contact-less, optical way. Furthermore, we evaluated these methods for an utilisation in home environments with respect to elderly care. As a result, the remote determination of heart and respiration rate show reliable measurements, which makes the proposed methods ready for the application in home environments.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wiede C., Richter J. and Hirtz G. (2019). Contact-less Vital Parameter Determination: An e-Health Solution for Elderly Care. In Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 5: VISAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-354-4, SciTePress, pages 908-915. DOI: 10.5220/0007682809080915

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp19,
author={Christian Wiede and Julia Richter and Gangolf Hirtz},
title={Contact-less Vital Parameter Determination: An e-Health Solution for Elderly Care},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 5: VISAPP},
year={2019},
pages={908-915},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007682809080915},
isbn={978-989-758-354-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 5: VISAPP
TI - Contact-less Vital Parameter Determination: An e-Health Solution for Elderly Care
SN - 978-989-758-354-4
AU - Wiede C.
AU - Richter J.
AU - Hirtz G.
PY - 2019
SP - 908
EP - 915
DO - 10.5220/0007682809080915
PB - SciTePress