Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording
In an increasingly interconnected world, where electronic devices permeate every aspect of our lives, wearable systems aimed at monitoring physiological signals are rapidly taking over the sport and fitness domain, as well as biomedical fields such as rehabilitation and prosthetics. With the intent...
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| author | Antonello Mascia Riccardo Collu Andrea Spanu Matteo Fraschini Massimo Barbaro Piero Cosseddu |
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| description | In an increasingly interconnected world, where electronic devices permeate every aspect of our lives, wearable systems aimed at monitoring physiological signals are rapidly taking over the sport and fitness domain, as well as biomedical fields such as rehabilitation and prosthetics. With the intent of providing a novel approach to the field, in this paper we discuss the development of a wearable system for the acquisition of EEG signals based on a portable, low-power custom PCB specifically designed to be used in combination with non-conventional ultra-conformable and imperceptible Parylene-C tattoo electrodes. The proposed system has been tested in a standard rest-state experiment, and its performance in terms of discrimination of two different states has been compared to that of a commercial wearable device for EEG signal acquisition (i.e., the Muse headset), showing comparable results. This first preliminary validation demonstrates the possibility of conveniently employing ultra-conformable tattoo-electrodes integrated portable systems for the unobtrusive acquisition of brain activity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e2ad0af8b144a7f96730a2c9ec99fea2023-12-01T00:27:14ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-01-0123276610.3390/s23020766Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG RecordingAntonello Mascia0Riccardo Collu1Andrea Spanu2Matteo Fraschini3Massimo Barbaro4Piero Cosseddu5Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Science, Technology and Society, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Palazzo del Broletto, Piazza della Vittoria 15, 27100 Pavia, ItalyDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyIn an increasingly interconnected world, where electronic devices permeate every aspect of our lives, wearable systems aimed at monitoring physiological signals are rapidly taking over the sport and fitness domain, as well as biomedical fields such as rehabilitation and prosthetics. With the intent of providing a novel approach to the field, in this paper we discuss the development of a wearable system for the acquisition of EEG signals based on a portable, low-power custom PCB specifically designed to be used in combination with non-conventional ultra-conformable and imperceptible Parylene-C tattoo electrodes. The proposed system has been tested in a standard rest-state experiment, and its performance in terms of discrimination of two different states has been compared to that of a commercial wearable device for EEG signal acquisition (i.e., the Muse headset), showing comparable results. This first preliminary validation demonstrates the possibility of conveniently employing ultra-conformable tattoo-electrodes integrated portable systems for the unobtrusive acquisition of brain activity.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/2/766Parylene Cdry tattoo electrodeswearable electronic systemEEG |
| spellingShingle | Antonello Mascia Riccardo Collu Andrea Spanu Matteo Fraschini Massimo Barbaro Piero Cosseddu Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording Sensors Parylene C dry tattoo electrodes wearable electronic system EEG |
| title | Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording |
| title_full | Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording |
| title_fullStr | Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording |
| title_short | Wearable System Based on Ultra-Thin Parylene C Tattoo Electrodes for EEG Recording |
| title_sort | wearable system based on ultra thin parylene c tattoo electrodes for eeg recording |
| topic | Parylene C dry tattoo electrodes wearable electronic system EEG |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/2/766 |
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