Chapter 5

Non-contact measurement system for COVID-19 vital signs to aid mass screening—An alternate approach

Vijay Jeyakumar, K. Nirmala and Sachin G. Sarate,    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, India

Abstract

The entire world is facing a pandemic after the COVID-19 outbreak reported in Wuhan City in China. The number of newly infected cases and deaths are increasing on an hourly basis. The birth and spread of the n-coronavirus is a mystery to the world. Social distancing, staying home, and washing hands frequently with soap and water are the present norms for not getting infected or spreading it. The symptoms of a COVID-19 infected person are high fever, nasal congestion, aches ...

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