Influence of contact pressure and moisture on the signal quality of a newly developed textile ECG sensor shirt

Proc. 5th Int. Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN2008, in conjunction with the 5th Int. Summer School and Symp. on Medical Devices and Biosensors, ISSS-MDBS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 256-259

  Kim, Saim ^a   Leonhardt, Steffen ^a   Zimmermann, Nadine ^a   Kranen, Philip ^a   Kensche, David ^a   Müller, Emmanuel ^a   Quix, Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROLYSIS; METALLIZING; MOISTURE; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SKIN; TEXTILES;

CONTACT PRESSURES; ECG SENSORS; ECG SIGNALS; INFLUENCE FACTORS; INTEGRATED SENSORS; MEDICAL DEVICES; NOISE RATIOS; SIGNAL QUALITY; SKIN-ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; SUMMER SCHOOLS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 51949100838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSMDBS.2008.4575068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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