A Wearable Swallowing Detecting Method Based on Nanometer Materials Sensor

Abstract:

Obesity and dysphagia are of potential and direct serious harm to the human body health. A commonly used method is controlling food intake to avoid obesity or determining if dysphagia exists by monitoring the swallow . This paper proposes a swallow detecting principle based on nanometer materials sensor, and implements a wearable detecting system with advantage of improved DTW algorithm. The system efficiently detects and faithfully identifies swallowing. In addition, it reduces the demand for hardware computing power. The system meets the features of a wearable system, such as soft and comfortable, lightweight, portable, and noninvasive.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 100)
• Pages: 120-129
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.100.120
• Online since: October 2016
• Authors: Yi Kang, Dong Yi Chen*, Michael Lawo, Shi Ji Xia Hou
• Keywords: Nanometer Materials, Obesity, Swallowing Detect, Wearable System

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