Subproject D05

Subproject D05

Empatho-Kinaesthetic Assessment and Pattern Recognition of Movement as Biomarkers for Health Status, Wellbeing, and Prognosis of Palliative Patients

Subproject D05 addresses certain Activities of Daily Living (ADL) that can be used as surrogate parameters for assessing patients‘ state of health (SoH), lifetime prognosis (LTP), and symptom burden (SB). In the study, an interferometry radar system (in close cooperation with subproject A04) was used to record movements related to SoH, LTP, and SB, and we found that changes in these movements can indicate life and death. Supervised machine learning was also used to analyze the raw data recorded by the radar and the changes in heart sounds during the dying phase. Changes in radar signals in the course of a decline in SoH were visible. We propose, that a radar-based sensor approach can provide valuable insights into the patient’s health status.

Additionally, our current research suggests that the A04 radar system can increase the robustness of macroscopic motion assessment by radar sensors provided by subproject A01.

 

                                                                                                                       

Contacts

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Ostgathe

Principal Investigator

Marie Oesten, M. Sc.

Doctoral Candidate

Natalie Öhl, M. A.

Associate Doctoral Candidate

Stefan Grießhammer, M.Sc

Physician

Dr. Maria Heckel, Leitung Forschung

Postdoc

Dr. med. Tobias Steigleder

Senior Physician

 

Additional Information

  • Grießhammer S., Malessa A., Lu H., Yip J., Leuschner J., Christgau F., Albrecht NC., Oesten M., Tran TT., Richer R., Heckel M., Eskofier B., Kölpin A., Steigleder T., Ostgathe C.:
    Contactless radar-based heart rate estimation in palliative care – a feasibility study and possible use in symptom management.
    BMC Palliative Care 23 (2024), Art.Nr.: 273. ISSN: 1472-684X. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-024-01592-3
  • Bräunig J., Mejdani D., Krauß D., Grießhammer S., Richer R., Schüßler C., Yip J., Steigleder T., Ostgathe C., Eskofier B., Vossiek M.:
    Radar-based Recognition of Activities of Daily Living in the Palliative Care Context Using Deep Learning.
    IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15 Oktober 2023 – 18 Oktober 2023). DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313506
  • Lu H., Wenzel M., Steigleder T., Klinger I., Ostgathe C., Koelpin A.:
    Contactless In-Bed Movement in Various Scales Classification with CW Radar.
    20th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2023 (Berlin, 20 September 2023 – 22 September 2023). DOI: 10.23919/EuRAD58043.2023.10289241
  • Ott T., Heckel M., Öhl N., Steigleder T., Albrecht N., Ostgathe C., Dabrock P.:
    Palliative Care and new technologies. The use of smart sensor technologies and its impact on the Total Care principle.
    BMC Palliative Care (2023). ISSN: 1472-684X. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-023-01174-9
  • Öhl N., Ostgathe C., Steigleder T., Klinger I., Weisser A., Heckel M.:
    Social Implications of Technology Applications in Palliative Care – Development of a Conceptual Framework.
    World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (Rotterdam, 15 Juni 2023 – 17 Juni 2023)
  • Lu H., Yip J., Steigleder T., Grießhammer S., Heckel M., Jami NVSJ., Eskofier B., Ostgathe C., Kölpin A.:
    A Lightweight Robust Approach for Automatic Heart Murmurs and Clinical Outcomes Classification from Phonocardiogram Recordings.
    Computing in Cardiology (CinC) (Tampere, 4 September 2022 – 7 September 2022). DOI: 10.22489/CinC.2022.165
  • Steigleder T.:
    Is there a role for technology in palliative care?
    World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (online, 18 Mai 2022 – 20 Mai 2022)
  • Steigleder T.:
    Radar-basiertes Monitoring von Vitalparametern in der Palliativmedizin.
    Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie (Berlin, 1 November 2022 – 5 November 2022)
  • Steigleder T.:
    Vitalparameter bei Sterbenden.
    Deutscher Krebskongress (Berlin, 16 November 2022 – 16 November 2022)
  • Yip J., Steigleder T., Heckel M., Eskofier B., Ostgathe C.:
    Die Beschreibung des Gesundheitszustandes anhand von Veränderungen in Bewegungsmustern von Palliativpatient:innen – Eine explorative Erfassung.
    Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin (Bremen, 28 September 2022 – 1 Oktober 2022). Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin 2022. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1754065