Capacitive ECG system with direct access to standard leads and body surface potential mapping

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 329-335

  Oehler, Martin ^a   Schilling, Meinhard ^a   Esperer, Hans Dieter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body surface potential maps; Capacitive electrodes; Lead extraction; Non contact ECG; Portable ECG

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPS; CAPACITIVE ELECTRODES; CHEST WALL; DIAGNOSTIC ECG; DIRECT ACCESS; ELECTRODE CONTACTS; NON-CONTACT; RAPID SCREENING; SIGNAL QUALITY; SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING; SKIN CONTACT; SUPINE POSITION; T-SHIRTS; TABLET PCS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; METAL RECOVERY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSOR ARRAYS; STANDARDS; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77249176156     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2009.042     Document Type: Article

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