Properties of screen printed electrocardiography smartware electrodes investigated in an electro-chemical cell

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rattfält, Linda ^a   Björefors, Fredrik ^b   Nilsson, David ^c   Wang, Xin ^c   Norberg, Petronella ^c   Ask, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Materials Chemistry ^*  (Sweden)

^c ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ECG; Electrode impedance; Electrode potential; Screen printed electrodes; Smartware electrodes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMMON MODE REJECTION RATIO; ELECTRODE AREAS; ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; ELECTRODE SURFACES; PHYSIOLOGIC SALINES; SCREEN PRINTED ELECTRODES; SKIN ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES;

SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; PRINTING; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; PRINTING; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84880406503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-12-64     Document Type: Article

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