Sensorized garments and textrode-enabled measurement instrumentation for ambulatory assessment of the autonomic nervous system response in the ATREC project

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8997-9015

  Seoane, Fernando ^a,b   Ferreira, Javier ^a,b   Alvarez, Lorena ^c   Buendia, Ruben ^a,b,c   Ayllón, David ^c   Llerena, Cosme ^c   Gil Pita, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; GSR; Heart rate; Mental stress; Non invasive measurement; Textile electrodes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILES;

BIO-IMPEDANCE; GSR; HEART RATES; MENTAL STRESS; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; TEXTILE ELECTRODES;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84886394014     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130708997     Document Type: Article

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