PORTABLE DEVICE TO MONITOR AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY THROUGH CLOTHES

Kang Moo Lee, Seung Min Lee, Gih Sung Chung, Hong Ji Lee, Yong Gyu Lim, Kwang Suk Park

2011

Abstract

Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and HRV parameters are extracted from electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. However, the conventional ECG electrodes such as Ag/AgCl electrode make a person uncomfortable due to electrolytic paste or conductive adhesive used for ensuring good contact between electrode and skin. In this study, the portable device with capacitive electrodes was designed to monitor ANS activity through clothes. By using capacitive electrodes, ECG can be measured without direct skin-contact through capacitive coupling between the body and the electrodes. To evaluate the possibility that the ANS activity can be monitored using the capacitive electrode system, HRV parameters extracted from the capacitive electrodes were compared with HRV parameters extracted from Ag/AgCl electrodes. Results showed that there was no significant difference between the HRV parameters of two different electrodes.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lee K., Lee S., Chung G., Lee H., Lim Y. and Park K. (2011). PORTABLE DEVICE TO MONITOR AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY THROUGH CLOTHES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-37-9, pages 276-279. DOI: 10.5220/0003288502760279

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices11,
author={Kang Moo Lee and Seung Min Lee and Gih Sung Chung and Hong Ji Lee and Yong Gyu Lim and Kwang Suk Park},
title={PORTABLE DEVICE TO MONITOR AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY THROUGH CLOTHES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={276-279},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003288502760279},
isbn={978-989-8425-37-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - PORTABLE DEVICE TO MONITOR AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY THROUGH CLOTHES
SN - 978-989-8425-37-9
AU - Lee K.
AU - Lee S.
AU - Chung G.
AU - Lee H.
AU - Lim Y.
AU - Park K.
PY - 2011
SP - 276
EP - 279
DO - 10.5220/0003288502760279