Non-contact detection characteristic of Doppler radar provides an unobtrusive means of respiration detection and monitoring. This avoids additional preparations such as physical sensor attachment or special clothing. Furthermore, robustness of Doppler radar against environmental factors reduce environmental constraints and strengthens the possibility of employing Doppler radar as a practical biomedical devices in the future particularly in long term monitoring applications such as in sleep studies
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Submitted to the School of Engineering in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University