Title :
The importance of measuring electrical impedance in the analysis of human physiological parameters
Author :
Corciova, Calin ; Luca, Catalina ; Andritoi, Doru ; Ciorap, Radu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Sci., “Gr.T. Popa” Univ. of Med. & Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Abstract :
This paper presents a design of medical device for bioelectrical impedance estimation. The hardware required to implement the system is based on a signal generator to provide current, a microcontroller to coordinate the process and a data acquisition board to measure the voltage changes across the analyzed region. The algorithm for calculating the physiological variables was implemented in MATLAB. Sample impedance data for a test subject are also presented.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; data acquisition; electric impedance measurement; electrocardiography; microcontrollers; physiological models; MATLAB; bioelectrical impedance estimation; data acquisition board; electrical impedance; human physiological parameters; impedance variables; medical device; microcontroller; signal generator; Biomedical measurement; Cardiography; Doppler effect; Impedance; Magnetic resonance; Time measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; acquisition board; electrical impedance; impedance quotient; software; virtual instrumentation;
Conference_Titel :
E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2013
Conference_Location :
Iasi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2372-4
DOI :
10.1109/EHB.2013.6707338
