Contactless Technologies for Patient Health Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

Contactless technologies such as camera and RF are transforming patient health monitoring by enabling the non-invasive measurement of a growing range of physiological and contextual parameters. Advances in artificial intelligence and hardware have expanded the scope of these technologies, making them increasingly accessible and cost-effective for both hospital and remote settings. Early adoption by healthcare providers and patients signals a trend toward their broader integration into treatment, with anticipated benefits including improved access to care, streamlined clinical workflows, and enhanced patient comfort.

This Special Issue of Bioengineering, entitled “Contactless Technologies for Patient Health Monitoring”, seeks high-quality original research and comprehensive reviews in this rapidly evolving field. Key topics include the following:

• Innovative methods and algorithms for contactless measurement of physiological signals (e.g., heart/pulse rate (variability), respiration, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, body temperature, tissue perfusion);
• Techniques for contactless contextual monitoring (e.g., movement analysis, pose estimation, patient presence detection, fall detection/prevention, workflow visualization);
• Development of novel systems and devices (e.g., time-of-flight sensors, thermal imaging, VR/AR, multispectral, smartphone-based, radar, WiFi, passive infrared, audio), including multimodal and hybrid (contact and contactless) approaches;
• Clinical validation studies in diverse environments such as (neonatal) intensive care, general wards, sleep monitoring, and imaging support;
• Applications in telehealth, screening, clinical decision support, home monitoring, mental health assessment, affective computing, and security;
• New benchmarks, datasets, literature reviews, and protocols supporting the advancement of contactless health monitoring technologies.

Researchers are encouraged to contribute studies that advance the knowledge and application of contactless patient monitoring.

Dr. Mark van Gastel
Dr. Wim Verkruysse
Dr. Xi Long
Dr. Rick Bezemer
Guest Editors

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• contactless monitoring
• unobtrusive sensing
• physiological measurements
• contextual monitoring
• clinical decision support

• Contactless Technologies for Human Vital Signs Monitoring in Bioengineering (8 articles)