Radar-Based Respiratory Measurement of a Rhesus Monkey by Suppressing Nonperiodic Body Motion Components

Abstract

We propose a method to measure the respiration of a rhesus monkey using a millimeter-wave radar system with an antenna array. Unlike humans, small animals are generally restless and hyperactive in nature, and suppression of their body motion components is thus necessary to realize accurate respiratory measurements. The proposed method detects and suppresses nonperiodic body motion components while also combining and emphasizing the periodic components from multiple echoes acquired from the target. Results indicate that the proposed method can measure respiration rate of the target monkey accurately, even with frequent body movements.