Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System
A standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important tool in the diagnosis of heart diseases. Here, Ag/AgCl electrodes with conductive gels are usually used in a 12-lead ECG system to access biopotentials. However, using Ag/AgCl electrodes with conductive gels might be inconvenient in a prehos...
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| author | Chien-Chin Hsu Bor-Shing Lin Ke-Yi He Bor-Shyh Lin |
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| description | A standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important tool in the diagnosis of heart diseases. Here, Ag/AgCl electrodes with conductive gels are usually used in a 12-lead ECG system to access biopotentials. However, using Ag/AgCl electrodes with conductive gels might be inconvenient in a prehospital setting. In previous studies, several dry electrodes have been developed to improve this issue. However, these dry electrodes have contact with the skin directly, and they might be still unsuitable for patients with wounds. In this study, a wearable 12-lead electrocardiogram monitoring system was proposed to improve the above issue. Here, novel noncontact electrodes were also designed to access biopotentials without contact with the skin directly. Moreover, by using the mechanical design, this system allows the user to easily wear and take off the device and to adjust the locations of the noncontact electrodes. The experimental results showed that the proposed system could exactly provide a good ECG signal quality even while walking and could detect the ECG features of the patients with myocardial ischemia, installation pacemaker, and ventricular premature contraction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82363190aebb4072b4029ae6237ddb252022-12-22T04:21:00ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-03-01197150910.3390/s19071509s19071509Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring SystemChien-Chin Hsu0Bor-Shing Lin1Ke-Yi He2Bor-Shyh Lin3Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, TaiwanDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, New Taipei 23741, TaiwanInstitute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan 711, TaiwanInstitute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan 711, TaiwanA standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important tool in the diagnosis of heart diseases. Here, Ag/AgCl electrodes with conductive gels are usually used in a 12-lead ECG system to access biopotentials. However, using Ag/AgCl electrodes with conductive gels might be inconvenient in a prehospital setting. In previous studies, several dry electrodes have been developed to improve this issue. However, these dry electrodes have contact with the skin directly, and they might be still unsuitable for patients with wounds. In this study, a wearable 12-lead electrocardiogram monitoring system was proposed to improve the above issue. Here, novel noncontact electrodes were also designed to access biopotentials without contact with the skin directly. Moreover, by using the mechanical design, this system allows the user to easily wear and take off the device and to adjust the locations of the noncontact electrodes. The experimental results showed that the proposed system could exactly provide a good ECG signal quality even while walking and could detect the ECG features of the patients with myocardial ischemia, installation pacemaker, and ventricular premature contraction.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/7/1509electrocardiogramconductive gelsnoncontact electrodemyocardial ischemiapacemakerventricular premature contraction |
| spellingShingle | Chien-Chin Hsu Bor-Shing Lin Ke-Yi He Bor-Shyh Lin Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System Sensors electrocardiogram conductive gels noncontact electrode myocardial ischemia pacemaker ventricular premature contraction |
| title | Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System |
| title_full | Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System |
| title_short | Design of a Wearable 12-Lead Noncontact Electrocardiogram Monitoring System |
| title_sort | design of a wearable 12 lead noncontact electrocardiogram monitoring system |
| topic | electrocardiogram conductive gels noncontact electrode myocardial ischemia pacemaker ventricular premature contraction |
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