Principal Applicant Dr Owen Falzon, Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics
Co-Applicant: Prof. Kenneth Camilleri, Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics
Co-Applicant: Prof. Jean Calleja Agius, Department of Anatomy 

Funding Body: Transdisciplinary Research and Knowledge Exchange Complex (2019-2022) EUR 127,500.

Reliable heart rate and breathing rate monitoring is crucial for a wide range of medical conditions. The measurement of these vital signs in a clinical setting typically requires the use obtrusive devices such as pulse oximeters and nasal thermocouples which can be inconvenient for the patients and which can increase the risk of microbial contamination due their contact-based nature. We are working on the use of combined visual and thermal imaging and advanced computational techniques for the robust extraction of these vital signs in a contactless fashion that are effective in practical scenarios such as hospital settings involving realistic patient movements.