Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes
The detection of intrathoracic volume retention could be crucial to the early detection of decompensated heart failure (HF). Transthoracic Bioimpedance (TBI) measurement is an indirect, promising approach to assessing intrathoracic fluid volume. Gel-based adhesive electrodes can produce skin irritat...
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| author | Hugo F. Posada-Quintero Natasa Reljin Caitlin Eaton-Robb Yeonsik Noh Jarno Riistama Ki H. Chon |
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| description | The detection of intrathoracic volume retention could be crucial to the early detection of decompensated heart failure (HF). Transthoracic Bioimpedance (TBI) measurement is an indirect, promising approach to assessing intrathoracic fluid volume. Gel-based adhesive electrodes can produce skin irritation, as the patient needs to place them daily in the same spots. Textile electrodes can reduce skin irritation; however, they inconveniently require wetting before each use and provide poor adherence to the skin. Previously, we developed waterproof reusable dry carbon black polydimethylsiloxane (CB/PDMS) electrodes that exhibited a good response to motion artifacts. We examined whether these CB/PDMS electrodes were suitable sensing components to be embedded into a monitoring vest for measuring TBI and the electrocardiogram (ECG). We recruited N = 20 subjects to collect TBI and ECG data. The TBI parameters were different between the various types of electrodes. Inter-subject variability for copper-mesh CB/PDMS electrodes and Ag/AgCl electrodes was lower compared to textile electrodes, and the intra-subject variability was similar between the copper-mesh CB/PDMS and Ag/AgCl. We concluded that the copper mesh CB/PDMS (CM/CB/PDMS) electrodes are a suitable alternative for textile electrodes for TBI measurements, but with the benefit of better skin adherence and without the requirement of wetting the electrodes, which can often be forgotten by the stressed HF subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e718b72fb2734b09a647888e70a64b042022-12-22T04:21:10ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-05-01186171910.3390/s18061719s18061719Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile ElectrodesHugo F. Posada-Quintero0Natasa Reljin1Caitlin Eaton-Robb2Yeonsik Noh3Jarno Riistama4Ki H. Chon5Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USADepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USADepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USACollege of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USAPhilips Research, 5656 Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USAThe detection of intrathoracic volume retention could be crucial to the early detection of decompensated heart failure (HF). Transthoracic Bioimpedance (TBI) measurement is an indirect, promising approach to assessing intrathoracic fluid volume. Gel-based adhesive electrodes can produce skin irritation, as the patient needs to place them daily in the same spots. Textile electrodes can reduce skin irritation; however, they inconveniently require wetting before each use and provide poor adherence to the skin. Previously, we developed waterproof reusable dry carbon black polydimethylsiloxane (CB/PDMS) electrodes that exhibited a good response to motion artifacts. We examined whether these CB/PDMS electrodes were suitable sensing components to be embedded into a monitoring vest for measuring TBI and the electrocardiogram (ECG). We recruited N = 20 subjects to collect TBI and ECG data. The TBI parameters were different between the various types of electrodes. Inter-subject variability for copper-mesh CB/PDMS electrodes and Ag/AgCl electrodes was lower compared to textile electrodes, and the intra-subject variability was similar between the copper-mesh CB/PDMS and Ag/AgCl. We concluded that the copper mesh CB/PDMS (CM/CB/PDMS) electrodes are a suitable alternative for textile electrodes for TBI measurements, but with the benefit of better skin adherence and without the requirement of wetting the electrodes, which can often be forgotten by the stressed HF subjects.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/6/1719bioimpedanceelectrocardiogramheart failureelectrodesfluid accumulation |
| spellingShingle | Hugo F. Posada-Quintero Natasa Reljin Caitlin Eaton-Robb Yeonsik Noh Jarno Riistama Ki H. Chon Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes Sensors bioimpedance electrocardiogram heart failure electrodes fluid accumulation |
| title | Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes |
| title_full | Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes |
| title_short | Analysis of Consistency of Transthoracic Bioimpedance Measurements Acquired with Dry Carbon Black PDMS Electrodes, Adhesive Electrodes, and Wet Textile Electrodes |
| title_sort | analysis of consistency of transthoracic bioimpedance measurements acquired with dry carbon black pdms electrodes adhesive electrodes and wet textile electrodes |
| topic | bioimpedance electrocardiogram heart failure electrodes fluid accumulation |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/6/1719 |
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