Project Code
MRCNMH25Br Chakkarapani
Research Theme
Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Summary
Currently used wired contact-based sensor system for vital sign monitoring in extremely premature babies, born before 28 weeks of pregnancy, could damage their skin and impede skin-skin contact with their parents, affecting parent-infant bonding. Further, babies’ early movement patterns could help us understand how their immature brains are developing. This project will validate a contactless system using mmWave radar technology to measure heart rate, breathing rate, and movements in preterm animals, and in preterm babies during intensive care and skin-skin contact. We will characterise the movement patterns and explore their associations with brain development.
Lead Supervisor
Dr Ela Chakkarapani
Lead Supervisor Email
ela.chakkarapani@bristol.ac.uk
University Affiliation
Bristol