Feasibility of Driver Monitoring for Sudden Cardiac Illness Detection

Anna Sjörs Dahlman, Anna Sjörs Dahlman, Stefan Candefjord, Xuezhi Zeng, Bengt Sjöqvist, Kaj Lindecrantz, Kaj Lindecrantz

2025

Abstract

A relatively large proportion of fatalities on our roads are due to sudden illness in drivers, with the majority of these cases attributed to cardiovascular disease. Being able to detect and manage these sudden events could save many lives. This paper consolidates results from a literature review and three small-scale studies that investigated and developed the possibilities of detecting sudden driver illness by measuring physiological signals from cardiac activity with unobtrusive sensors including single-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG), consumer-grade pulse sensors, and research grade radar technology. In general, the experiments have shown that there is potential for the evaluated technologies to help detect and quantify cardiac illness events, but significant development is needed to implement the technologies in real-world driving. It is challenging to succeed in detecting driver states with high accuracy based on measurements of cardiac activity alone due to both individual variations in heart activity patterns and an environment that complicates measurements, and additional data from other sensors is probably needed. Physiological monitoring of drivers is challenging due to vehicle vibrations, the driver's movements and thick clothing. There is a need for further research and development of unobtrusive measurement technologies to detect driver states.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dahlman A., Candefjord S., Zeng X., Sjöqvist B. and Lindecrantz K. (2025). Feasibility of Driver Monitoring for Sudden Cardiac Illness Detection. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: DEMS; ISBN 978-989-758-731-3, SciTePress, pages 1117-1126. DOI: 10.5220/0013400400003911

in Bibtex Style

@conference{dems25,
author={Anna Dahlman and Stefan Candefjord and Xuezhi Zeng and Bengt Sjöqvist and Kaj Lindecrantz},
title={Feasibility of Driver Monitoring for Sudden Cardiac Illness Detection},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: DEMS},
year={2025},
pages={1117-1126},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013400400003911},
isbn={978-989-758-731-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: DEMS
TI - Feasibility of Driver Monitoring for Sudden Cardiac Illness Detection
SN - 978-989-758-731-3
AU - Dahlman A.
AU - Candefjord S.
AU - Zeng X.
AU - Sjöqvist B.
AU - Lindecrantz K.
PY - 2025
SP - 1117
EP - 1126
DO - 10.5220/0013400400003911
PB - SciTePress