• DocumentCode
    3298681
  • Title

    Measuring ECG using capacitive electrodes based on spherical volume conductor model

  • Author

    Tao, Quan ; Li, Chengliu ; Jia, Wenyan ; Sun, Mingui

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-3 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Monitoring heart activity continuously is highly desirable in patients with heart conditions. In the conventional electrocardiography (ECG), galvanic Ag/AgCl electrodes are directly attached to the skin to obtain ECG signals. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of recording ECG signals without skin contact based on a spherical volume conductor model. A novel capacitive electrode is designed and evaluated. Our theoretical study and experiments have shown promising results of this new electrode.
  • Keywords
    biomedical electrodes; electrocardiography; ECG signals; capacitive electrodes; galvanic electrodes; heart activity monitoring; spherical volume conductor model; Conductors; Differential amplifiers; Electric potential; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Heart; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast
  • Conference_Location
    Troy, NY
  • ISSN
    2160-7001
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-827-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778611
  • Filename
    5778611
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3298681