Title :
Electrical biomonitoring towards mobile diagnostics of human stress influence
Author :
Vavrinsky, Erik ; Stopjakova, Viera ; Majer, Libor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Slovak Univ. of Technol., Bratislava, Slovakia
Abstract :
Miniaturization of biomedical sensors has increased the importance of microsystem technology in medical applications, particularly microelectronics and micromachining. This paper presents a new approach to biomedical monitoring and analysis of selected human cognitive processes. The proposed technique measures human skin conductivity and heart rate using a dedicated measurement system which offers continuous bio-monitoring in a completely safe and non-invasive manner. This technique also has no undesired influence on natural physiological processes. The main goal is monitoring of the psycho-galvanic reflex (PGR) of the human skin that might be very useful for human stress diagnosis that is performed in different medical as well as psychological experiments.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical electronics; cardiology; cognition; micromachining; neurophysiology; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; skin; biomedical monitoring; biomedical sensors; electrical biomonitoring; heart rate; human cognitive processes; human skin conductivity; human stress diagnosis; microelectronics; micromachining; microsystem technology; mobile diagnostics; psycho-galvanic reflex; psychological experiment; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Conductivity measurement; Humans; Medical services; Psychology; Skin; Stress; IDA microelectrodes; Non-invasive biomedical monitoring; physiologic processes; psycho-galvanic reflex; skin conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2009. ISABEL 2009. 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4640-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4641-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2009.5373669
