A multichannel portable ECG system with capacitive sensors

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 783-793

  Oehler, M ^a   Ling, V ^a,b   Melhorn, K ^a   Schilling, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body surface potential mapping; Capacitive ECG; Non contact measurement

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CAPACITIVE ECG; CONTACT PROBLEM; DIAGNOSTICS TOOLS; HUMAN HEART; MULTI CHANNEL; NONCONTACT MEASUREMENTS; SENSORS ARRAY; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 47649101205     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/7/007     Document Type: Article

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