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

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2013

Conference_Location

Iasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2372-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EHB.2013.6707338

Filename

6707338