Capacitive sensing of electrocardiographic potential through cloth from the dorsal surface of the body in a supine position: A preliminary study

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 759-766

  Ueno, Akinori ^a   Akabane, Yasunao ^a   Kato, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hoshino, Hiroshi ^a   Kataoka, Sachiyo ^b   Ishiyama, Yoji ^c  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Apprica Childcare Institute   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Home health care; Insulator electrode; Nonobtrusive monitoring; Unconstrained and noninvasive ECG measurement; Wearable sensing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODES; FABRICS; HEALTH CARE; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SKIN;

HOME HEALTH CARE; INSULATOR ELECTRODE; NONINVASIVE ECG MEASUREMENT; NONOBTRUSIVE MONITORING; WEARABLE SENSING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY SURFACE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TEXTILES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CLOTH; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODES; EPIDERMIS; SIGNALS;

EID: 33947536976     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889201     Document Type: Article

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