PDMS-based low cost flexible dry electrode for long-term EEG measurement

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2898-2904

  Wang, Long Fei ^a   Liu, Jing Quan ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Yang, Chun Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; flexible dry electrode; long term measurement; polydimethysiloxane; skin electrode contact impedance

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; CONTACT IMPEDANCE; DRY ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; HIGH QUALITY; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; LOW COSTS; POLYDIMETHYSILOXANE; SIGNAL QUALITY;

ELECTRODES;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864656025     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2204339     Document Type: Article

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