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Tom Torfs

Tom Torfs

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
4439
World Ranking
5850
National Ranking
125

Overview

Tom Torfs is a researcher affiliated with Imec in Belgium, with an extensive focus on biomedical and electrical engineering fields. Their work primarily explores non-invasive vital sign monitoring, healthcare technology and patient monitoring, and related medical applications.

The researcher's main fields of study include Medicine and Engineering, with significant contributions in the subfields of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Physiology.

The major topics that feature prominently in Tom Torfs's work are:

  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
  • Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography
  • ECG Monitoring and Analysis
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Tom Torfs has authored several recent papers, advancing knowledge in radar-based health monitoring and related biomedical technologies. These include:

  • "2-D Localization, Angular Separation and Vital Signs Monitoring Using a SISO FMCW Radar for Smart Long-Term Health Monitoring Environments," 2021, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • "Enabling Robust Radar-Based Localization and Vital Signs Monitoring in Multipath Propagation Environments," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • "Automatic radar-based 2-D localization exploiting vital signs signatures," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Analysis of Signal Processing Methods to Reject the DC Offset Contribution of Static Reflectors in FMCW Radar-Based Vital Signs Monitoring," 2022, Sensors
  • "Capacitively-coupled ECG and respiration for the unobtrusive detection of sleep apnea," 2021, Physiological Measurement

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as Sensors, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Scientific Reports, and Physiological Measurement.

Collaborations are a key component of Tom Torfs's scientific efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Iván Castro
  • Aakash Patel
  • M. Mercuri
  • Pascal Borzée
  • Bertien Buyse

The body of work led or coauthored by Tom Torfs reflects an integration of engineering principles and medical applications, emphasizing novel radar technologies and signal processing methods for monitoring vital signs and health conditions such as sleep apnea in a non-invasive manner.

Best Publications

  • Thermoelectric Converters of Human Warmth for Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Nodes

    V. Leonov;T. Torfs;P. Fiorini;C. Van Hoof

  • A 30 $\mu$ W Analog Signal Processor ASIC for Portable Biopotential Signal Monitoring

    Refet Firat Yazicioglu;Sunyoung Kim;Tom Torfs;Hyejung Kim

  • Vital-sign monitoring and spatial tracking of multiple people using a contactless radar-based sensor

    Marco Mercuri;Ilde Rosa Lorato;Yao Hong Liu;Fokko Wieringa;Fokko Wieringa

  • A 345 µW Multi-Sensor Biomedical SoC With Bio-Impedance, 3-Channel ECG, Motion Artifact Reduction, and Integrated DSP

    Nick Van Helleputte;Mario Konijnenburg;Julia Pettine;Dong-Woo Jee

  • Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Building Monitoring

    T. Torfs;T. Sterken;S. Brebels;J. Santana

  • Thermoelectric MEMS generators as a power supply for a body area network

    V. Leonov;P. Fiorini;S. Sedky;T. Torfs

  • Body-Heat Powered Autonomous Pulse Oximeter

    Tom Torfs;Vladimir Leonov;Chris Van Hoof;Bert Gyselinckx

  • Human++: From technology to emerging health monitoring concepts

    J. Penders;B. Gyselinckx;R. Vullers;M. De Nil

  • Ultra-low-power biopotential interfaces and their applications in wearable and implantable systems

    Refet Firat Yazicioglu;Tom Torfs;Patrick Merken;Julien Penders

  • 2-D Localization, Angular Separation and Vital Signs Monitoring Using a SISO FMCW Radar for Smart Long-Term Health Monitoring Environments

    Marco Mercuri;Giulia Sacco;Rainer Hornung;Peng Zhang

  • A low-power, wireless, 8-channel EEG monitoring headset

    Lindsay Brown;Jef van de Molengraft;Refet Firat Yazicioglu;Tom Torfs

  • CMOS-Based High-Density Silicon Microprobe Arrays for Electronic Depth Control in Intracortical Neural Recording

    K. Seidl;S. Herwik;T. Torfs;H. P. Neves

  • A Direct Phase-Tracking Doppler Radar Using Wavelet Independent Component Analysis for Non-Contact Respiratory and Heart Rate Monitoring

    Marco Mercuri;Yao-Hong Liu;Ilde Lorato;Tom Torfs

  • Pulse Oximeter Fully Powered by Human Body Heat

    Tom Torfs;Vladimir Leonov;Ruud J. M. Vullers

  • Enabling Robust Radar-Based Localization and Vital Signs Monitoring in Multipath Propagation Environments

    Marco Mercuri;Yiting Lu;Salvatore Polito;Fokko Wieringa

  • Technologies for highly miniaturized autonomous sensor networks

    K. Baert;B. Gyselinckx;T. Torfs;V. Leonov

  • Wearable battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG systems powerd by energy scavengers

    Mieke Van Bavel;Vladimir Leonov;Refet Firat Yazicioglu;Tom Torfs

  • Smart Wireless Sensors Integrated in Clothing: an Electrocardiography System in a Shirt Powered Using Human Body Heat

    Vladimir Leonov;Tom Torfs;Chris Van Hoof;Ruud J. M. Vullers

  • 18.3 A multi-parameter signal-acquisition SoC for connected personal health applications

    Nick Van Helleputte;Mario Konijnenburg;Hyejung Kim;Julia Pettine

  • Frequency-Tracking CW Doppler Radar Solving Small-Angle Approximation and Null Point Issues in Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring

    Marco Mercuri;Yao-Hong Liu;Ilde Lorato;Tom Torfs

  • Ultra-low-power wearable biopotential sensor nodes

    R.F. Yazicioglu;T. Torfs;J. Penders;I. Romero

  • Wearable Autonomous Wireless Electro-encephalography System Fully Powered by Human Body Heat

    T. Torfs;V. Leonov;R.F. Yazicioglu;P. Merken

  • Two-Dimensional Multi-Channel Neural Probes With Electronic Depth Control

    T. Torfs;A. A. A. Aarts;M. A. Erismis;J. Aslam

Frequent Co-Authors

Refet Firat Yazicioglu
Refet Firat Yazicioglu Galvani Bioelectronics
Robert Puers
Robert Puers KU Leuven
Jan Vanfleteren
Jan Vanfleteren Ghent University
Patrick Ruther
Patrick Ruther University of Freiburg
Oliver Paul
Oliver Paul University of Freiburg
Hoi-Jun Yoo
Hoi-Jun Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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