Novel electrodes for underwater ECG monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1863-1876

  Reyes, Bersain A ^a   Posada Quintero, Hugo F ^a   Bales, Justin R ^a   Clement, Amanda L ^a   Pins, George D ^a   Swiston, Albert ^b   Riistama, Jarno ^c   Florian, John P ^d   Shykoff, Barbara ^d   Qin, Michael ^e   Chon, Ki H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d Navy Experimental Diving Unit   (United States)

^e Nav Submar Med Res Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon black PDMS; ECG electrode; ECG monitoring; heart rate variability (HRV); reusable; underwater; waterproof

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HYDROGELS; MICROCHANNELS; SILICONES; WATERPROOFING;

ECG ELECTRODES; ECG MONITORING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; REUSABLE; UNDERWATER;

ELECTRODES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CARBON BLACK ELECTRODE; CELL CONTACT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE ELECTRODE; SILVER SILVER CHLORIDE ELECTRODE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; THICKNESS; WATER IMMERSION; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; IMMERSION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOOT; YOUNG ADULT;

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE; SILVER CHLORIDE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SOOT; WATER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOOT; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901284904     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2309293     Document Type: Article

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