Influence of contact pressure and moisture on the signal quality of a newly developed textile ECG sensor shirt
A newly developed textile integrated sensor shirt, called "ITcares" (Intelligent Textile for CArdio REspiratory Sensing), is presented. Textile integrated ECG sensors are known to be highly depended on the electrode-skin-impedance. Two main influence factors on the skin-electrode impedance are: 1. contact pressure and 2. moisture. Systematic measurements were performed with additional sensors to evaluate the ECG signal quality. Furthermore, signal-to-noise ratios were calculated as a quantitative measure.
| Authors: | Kim S., Leonhardt S., Zimmermann N., Kranen P., Kensche D., Müller E., Quix C. |
| Published in: | 5th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2008), Hong Kong, China |
| Language: | EN |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Conference: | BSN |
| Url: | BSN 2008 |
| Type: | Conference papers (peer reviewed) |
| Research topic: | Data Analysis and Knowledge Extraction |
