Dr. Lara Brewer Co-Authors New Study on Noncontact Respiratory Monitoring During Sleep

Congratulations to Dr. Lara Brewer, Research Associate Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering, on her recent co-authored publication in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

The study, titled “Noncontact respiratory monitoring during sleep: comparison of the touchless flow signal with respiratory inductance plethysmography flow (RIPflow) signal to assess respiratory events,” explores the use of a nonintrusive, depth-sensing camera system for respiratory monitoring during sleep.

Conducted in collaboration with faculty from the University of Utah’s Sleep Medicine program and researchers at Medtronic, the study demonstrated strong correlation and concordance between this noncontact monitoring signal (NCMflow) and the standard RIPflow signal used in polysomnography. The findings support the potential use of noncontact technologies for continuous respiratory assessment—without requiring physical probes.

Read the full article in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
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