Film-type transducer materials PVDF and EMFi in the measurement of heart and respiration rates

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 530-533

  Kärki, Satu ^a   Lekkala, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MATLAB; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL DENSITY; THERMISTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL FILM; HEART AND RESPIRATION RATES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITIES (PSD); REFERENCE SIGNALS; RELIABLE RESULTS; TRANSDUCER MATERIAL;

HEART;

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYVINYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 61849183511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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