Design of a gel-less two-electrode ECG monitor

2010 IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 92-96

  Richard, Emile ^a   Chan, Adrian D C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ECG amplifier; Heart rate monitoring; Portable medical device; Two electrode ECG

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER DESIGNS; AMPLIFIER SATURATION; BASELINE CORRECTION; COMMON-MODE NOISE; DC VOLTAGE; DIGITAL SIGNALS; ECG MONITOR; HEART RATE MONITORING; HEART RATES; LOW POWER; NO REFERENCES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; PORTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DESIGN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; GELS; PATIENT MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 77954402191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMEA.2010.5480198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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