Quantification of Motion Artifact in ECG Electrode Design

Author

Kearney, K. ; Thomas, C. ; McAdams, E.

Author_Institution

Sensor Technol. & Devices Ltd., Belfast

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1533

Lastpage

1536

Abstract

We have developed a more accurate and reproducible method of quantifying motion artifact in ECG (electrocardiogram) electrodes to assist in electrode assessment and design. It uses an algorithm developed by Sensor Technology & Devices Ltd. to reliably overcome the variation in results due to differing skin types and other causes of spurious readings such as reproducibility of movements used. The method combines a clear, concise experimental protocol with a software package and DSP algorithm to produce a transferable result for one pair of electrodes that can be used for comparison.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; electrocardiography; medical computing; DSP algorithm; ECG electrode design; Sensor Technology & Devices Ltd; electrocardiogram electrodes; electrode assessment; motion artifact quantification; skin types; software package; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Fluctuations; Impedance; Motion measurement; Patient monitoring; Reproducibility of results; Skin; Algorithms; Artifacts; Computer-Aided Design; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Motion; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352594

Filename

4352594