title: A capacitive ECG array with visual patient feedback.
abstract: Capacitive electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing is a promising technique for less constraining vital signal measurement and close to a commercial application. Even bigger trials testing the diagnostic significance were already done with single lead systems. Anyway, most applications to be found in research are limited to one channel and thus limited in its diagnostic relevance as only diseases coming along with a change of the heart rate can be diagnosed adequately. As a consequence the need for capacitive multi-channel ECGs combining the diagnostic relevance and the advantages of capacitive ECG sensing emerges. This paper introduces a capacitive ECG measurement system which allows the recording of standardized ECG leads according to Einthoven and Goldberger by means of an electrode array with nine electrodes.
authors.affiliation: RWTH Aachen University, Philips Chair of Medical Information Technology, Germany. eilebrecht@hia.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eilebrecht
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schommartz
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wartzek
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czaplik
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leonhardt
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients