A pressure sensing system for heart rate monitoring with polymer-based pressure sensors and an anti-interference post processing circuit

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 3224-3235

  Shu, Yi ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a   Mi, Wentian ^a   Li, Yuxing ^a   Ren, Tian Ling ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti interference circuit; Flexible sensors; Heart rate monitoring; Pressure sensors

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE SENSORS;

ANTI-INTERFERENCE; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; FLEXIBLE PRESSURE SENSORS; FLEXIBLE SENSOR; HEALTH MONITORING; HEART-RATE MONITORING; LOW-COST SOLUTION; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM;

HEART;

EID: 84961290668     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150203224     Document Type: Article

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