Heart monitoring garments using textile electrodes for healthcare applications

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-201

  Cho, Hyun Seung ^a   Koo, Su Min ^a   Lee, Joohyeon ^a   Cho, Hakyung ^a   Kang, Da Hye ^a   Song, Ha Young ^a   Lee, Jeong Whan ^b   Lee, Kang Hwi ^b   Lee, Young Jae ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dry electrodes; Modularized garment; Textile electrodes; The electrical activity signals of the heart; Vital monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEALTH CARE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MONITORING; HUMAN; MONITORING; TEXTILE; YARN;

CLOTHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES; HEART; HUMANS; TEXTILES;

EID: 79955688305     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9356-8     Document Type: Article

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