Dry electrodes for electrocardiography

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Meziane, N ^a,b,c   Webster, J G ^a,d   Attari, M ^b   Nimunkar, A J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

amplifier; bioelectrode; dry electrode; ECG; gel; impedance; noise

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTRODES;

AG/AGCL ELECTRODES; BIOELECTRODES; BIOPOTENTIALS; CARDIAC MONITORING; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DISPOSABLES; DRY ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; NOISE; SIGNAL QUALITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MECHANICS; SKIN;

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN;

EID: 84883172480     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/34/9/R47     Document Type: Article

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