Title :
A Wearable ECG Acquisition System With Compact Planar-Fashionable Circuit Board-Based Shirt
Author :
Yoo, Jerald ; Yan, Long ; Lee, Seulki ; Kim, Hyejung ; Yoo, Hoi-Jun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
A wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) acquisition system implemented with planar-fashionable circuit board (P-FCB)-based shirt is presented. The proposed system removes cumbersome wires from conventional Holter monitor system for convenience. Dry electrodes screen-printed directly on fabric enables long-term monitoring without skin irritation. The ECG monitoring shirt exploits a monitoring chip with a group of electrodes around the body, and both the electrodes and the interconnection are implemented using P-FCB to enhance wearability and to lower production cost. The characteristics of P-FCB electrode are shown, and the prototype hardware is implemented to successfully verify the proposed concept.
Keywords :
biology computing; biomedical electrodes; electrocardiography; ECG monitoring shirt; compact planar-fashionable circuit board-based shirt; dry electrodes; electrocardiogram; monitoring chip; prototype hardware; wearable ECG acquisition system; Dry electrodes; Holter monitor; electrocardiogram (ECG); electrodes; planar-fashionable circuit board (P-FCB); Clothing; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Electrodes; Equipment Design; Humans; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2009.2033053