Noncontact ECG Recording System With Real Time Capacitance Measurement for Motion Artifact Reduction

Author

Torfs, Tom ; Yun-Hsuan Chen ; Hyejung Kim ; Yazicioglu, Refet Firat

Author_Institution

Body Area Networks Dept., imec, Leuven, Belgium

Volume

8

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

617

Lastpage

625

Abstract

A system for noncontact ECG recording is proposed that measures the real time electrode-body capacitance concurrently with the ECG as a reference signal for motion artifact reduction. Simultaneous recordings of these two signals from the human body in the presence of electrode motion artifacts are shown and an adaptive least-mean-squares (LMS) filtering algorithm run on these signals is demonstrated to be able to reduce the severity of certain types of electrode motion artifacts.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical electrodes; capacitance; capacitance measurement; electrocardiography; least mean squares methods; medical signal processing; adaptive least-mean-squares filtering algorithm; motion artifact reduction; noncontact ECG recording system; real time electrode-body capacitance measurement; Capacitance; Capacitance measurement; Couplings; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Impedance; Real-time systems; Adaptive filters; biomedical electrodes; capacitive sensors; electrocardiography; wearable sensors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBCAS.2014.2359053

Filename

6920090