Electrical characterization of conductive textile materials and its evaluation as electrodes for venous occlusion plethysmography.
J Med Eng Technol
; 37(6): 359-67, 2013 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23875930
The ambulatory monitoring of biosignals involves the use of sensors, electrodes, actuators, processing tools and wireless communication modules. When a garment includes these elements with the purpose of recording vital signs and responding to specific situations it is call a 'Smart Wearable System'. Over the last years several authors have suggested that conductive textile material (e-textiles) could perform as electrode for these systems. This work aims at implementing an electrical characterization of e-textiles and an evaluation of their ability to act as textile electrodes for lower extremity venous occlusion plethysmography (LEVOP). The e-textile electrical characterization is carried out using two experimental set-ups (in vitro evaluation). Besides, LEVOP records are obtained from healthy volunteers (in vivo evaluation). Standard Ag/AgCl electrodes are used for comparison in all tests. Results shown that the proposed e-textiles are suitable for LEVOP recording and a good agreement between evaluations (in vivo and in vitro) is found.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Têxteis
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Monitorização Ambulatorial
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Eng Technol
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina
País de publicação:
Reino Unido