Effect of pressure and padding on motion artifact of textile electrodes

BioMedical Engineering OnLine

Alper Cömert¹  Markku Honkala²  Jari Hyttinen¹ 

[1] Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, Tampere, Finland

[2] Department of Material Science, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

关键词: Electrode-skin interface impedance;    Motion artifact;    ECG;    Textile electrodes;   

Others  :  797914
DOI  :  10.1186/1475-925X-12-26

 received in 2012-12-05, accepted in 2013-03-28,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

With the aging population and rising healthcare costs, wearable monitoring is gaining importance. The motion artifact affecting dry electrodes is one of the main challenges preventing the widespread use of wearable monitoring systems. In this paper we investigate the motion artifact and ways of making a textile electrode more resilient against motion artifact. Our aim is to study the effects of the pressure exerted onto the electrode, and the effects of inserting padding between the applied pressure and the electrode.

Method

We measure real time electrode-skin interface impedance, ECG from two channels, the motion artifact related surface potential, and exerted pressure during controlled motion by a measurement setup designed to estimate the relation of motion artifact to the signals. We use different foam padding materials with various mechanical properties and apply electrode pressures between 5 and 25 mmHg to understand their effect. A QRS and noise detection algorithm based on a modified Pan-Tompkins QRS detection algorithm estimates the electrode behaviour in respect to the motion artifact from two channels; one dominated by the motion artifact and one containing both the motion artifact and the ECG. This procedure enables us to quantify a given setup’s susceptibility to the motion artifact.

Results

Pressure is found to strongly affect signal quality as is the use of padding. In general, the paddings reduce the motion artifact. However the shape and frequency components of the motion artifact vary for different paddings, and their material and physical properties. Electrode impedance at 100 kHz correlates in some cases with the motion artifact but it is not a good predictor of the motion artifact.

Conclusion

From the results of this study, guidelines for improving electrode design regarding padding and pressure can be formulated as paddings are a necessary part of the system for reducing the motion artifact, and further, their effect maximises between 15 mmHg and 20 mmHg of exerted pressure. In addition, we present new methods for evaluating electrode sensitivity to motion, utilizing the detection of noise peaks that fall into the same frequency band as R-peaks.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Cömert et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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