The Regents of the University of Colorado; a body corporate
发明人:
Min-Hyung Choi,Shane Transue,Breawn Schoun
申请号：
US16676366
公开号：
US20200138337A1
申请日:
2019.11.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
Various embodiments of the present technology present a structural foundation for respiratory analysis of turbulent exhale flows through a technique called Thin Medium Thermal Imaging (TMTI). TMTI is a respiration monitoring method that uses a thin medium and thermal imaging to sense breathing activity. This technique is presented as an alternative to existing non-contact methods of respiratory analysis. As with all non-contact methods, remote monitoring of patients' respiratory behaviors preserves patient comfort. However, unlike other respiratory monitoring methods, the TMTI method monitors respiration directly, and can therefore provide more respiratory information than other non-contact methods. Various embodiments may make use of different medium materials, different measurement setups, additional thermal imaging cameras and sensors, and setups with entertainment media such as Virtual Reality (VR). Various software resources may be used to process data produced from the TMTI method, such as image processing, signal processing, and machine learning algorithms.
