Non-Invasive Wearable Physiological Activity Monitors

我们正在请求基础设施来支持传感和信号处理研究，以开发用于健康、健康和健身监测的人体生理和身体活动跟踪系统。具体来说，我们正在构建一个无创生理活动监测系统（NiPAMS），该系统使用数字信号处理（DSP）算法将光电和机电传感器信号转换为关键生理参数及其对身体活动的响应的实时测量。所需的基础设施将把我们的DSP专业知识推向一个全新的研究方向，目标是可穿戴设备和生物医学设备的开发。我们研究的动机是对自主健康监测系统日益增长的需求，该系统能够测量生理活动，并通过将症状与循证医学数据相匹配来诊断或预测健康状态。该基础设施支持的研究项目包括：(i)使用互补测量技术对相关生理参数进行分析和交叉验证，（ii）开发一种便携式、经过验证的测量方法，以评估身体对体育活动的生理反应，以及（iii）通过参考金标准对非侵入性血液动力学测量方法进行量化和校准。支持的项目包括与加拿大工业合作伙伴MacDonald， Dettwiler和Associates Corporation，视觉系统和传感器（渥太华）提交的合作研究和开发补助金。计划研究的原创性将通过以下途径产生国际影响：(i)传播已发表的文章；（ii）向工业伙伴转让技术；（iii）培养高素质和训练有素的学生。申请的设备将支持申请人目前指导的5名研究生和16名本科生的实验密集型工作

We are requesting infrastructure to support sensing and signal processing research towards the development of human physiological and physical activity tracking systems for applications in health, wellness, and fitness monitoring. Specifically, we are building a Non-invasive Physiological Activity Monitoring System (NiPAMS) that uses digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms to convert electro-optical and electro-mechanical sensor signals into real-time measurements of key physiological parameters and their response to physical activity. The requested infrastructure will push our DSP expertise in a completely new research direction that targets wearables and biomedical device development. Our research is motivated by the increasing need for autonomous health monitoring systems capable of measuring physiological activity and diagnosing or predicting health states by matching symptoms with evidence-based medical data. Research programs to be supported by the infrastructure include: (i) the analysis and cross-verification of correlated physiological parameters using complementary measurement techniques, (ii) the development of a portable, validated measurement method to evaluate the physiological response of the body to physical activity, and (iii) the quantification and calibration of non-invasive methods to measure hemodynamics by referencing gold standards. Supported programs include a submitted Collaborative Research and Development grant with Canadian based industrial partner, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation, Vision Systems and Sensors (Ottawa). The originality of the planned research will have an international impact through: (i) dissemination of published articles, (ii) transfer of technology to industry partners, and (iii) graduating highly qualified and well-trained students. The requested equipment will support the experimentally intensive work of 5 post-graduate and 16 undergraduate trainees currently supervised by the applicant.**