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NASA industrial applications study. Industrial review for improved electrode for biopotential measurement at the skin
Electrode for measuring biopotentials at surface of human ski
Pocket ECG electrode
A low noise electrode suited for sensing electrocardiograms when chronically and subcutaneously implanted in a free ranging subject is described. The electrode comprises a pocket shaped electrically conductive member with a single entrance adapted to receive body fluids. The exterior of the member and the entrance region is coated with electrical insulation so that the only electrolyte/electrode interface is within the member, remote from artifact-generating tissue. Cloth straps are bonded to the member to permit the electrode to be sutured to tissue and to provide electrical lead flexure relief
The Correlative Analysis of Amplitude-temporal Characteristics of Evoked Potentials of Brain Cortex in Sportsmen
The article considers the correlative analysis of amplitude-temporal characteristics of evoked potentials of brain cortex in sportsmen of playing kinds of sport and athletes at perception and processing of significant information âWhatâ and âWhereâ in the brain cortex. The method of electroencephalography (Đ 300 methodology) was used to study the evoked potentials of the brain cortex. The statistical processing of data was realized using the statistical package MedStat. Kendall coefficient of correlation was used depending on data distribution, different from the normal values distribution. In the result of research there were revealed the high interconnections of latency of later components in sportsmen of both groups of examined persons at observation of significant stimuli âWhatâ and âWhereâ. There was revealed the intensification of correlations of latency in frontal, central and temporal parts of the brain cortex. The correlations of amplitude of late components of biopotentials of the brain cortex were characterized with mean coefficients of interconnection mainly in sagittal central frontal and also parietal parts of cortex
Processing Load and Biopotentials: An Evaluation of a Consumer Electroencephalogram (EEG)
The general public is extremely interested in mental training and the use of brain imaging to study the mind. One device that combines the two and is currently on the market for consumers is a single channel EEG band produced by NeuroSky which claims to measure concentration. However, the claim that they have developed a single channel measure of concentration and meditation have not been tested. EEG power is related to cognitive memory and performance, which both contribute to concentration. In addition to EEG waves, pupil size is a reliable physiological index of processing load and concentration. The first purpose of this study is to replicate the finding of pupil diameter size and concentration. The second purpose is to see if the results of the replication correlate with the proprietary concentration reading from the NeuroSky single channel EEG as a first step towards understanding what, if anything, consumer EEG equipment measures. In this study we found that pupil diameter can measure concentration and that a single channel consumer EEG device is also sensitive to concentration
Cancelling Harmonic Power Line Interference in Biopotentials
Biopotential signals, like the electrocardiogram (ECG), electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyogram (EMG), and so on, contain vital information about the health state of human body. The morphology and time/frequency parameters of the biopotentials are of interest when diagnostic information is extracted and analyzed. The powerline interference (PLI), with the fundamental PLI component of 50Â Hz/60Â Hz and its harmonics, is one of the most disturbing noise sources in biopotential recordings that hampers the analysis of the electrical signals generated by the human body. The aim of this chapter is to review the existing methods to eliminate harmonics PLI from biopotential signals and to analyze the distortion introduced by some of the most basic approaches for PLI cancelation and whether this distortion affects the diagnostic performance in biopotentials investigations
Versatile integrated circuit for the acquisition of biopotentials
Journal ArticleElectrically active cells in the body produce a wide variety of voltage signals that are useful for medical diagnosis and scientific investigation. These biopotentials span a wide range of amplitudes and frequencies. We have developed a versatile front-end integrated circuit that can be used to amplify many types of bioelectrical signals. The 0.6-ÎŒm CMOS chip contains 16 fully-differential amplifiers with gains of 46 dB, 2ÎŒVrms input-referred noise, and bandwidths programmable from 10Hz to 10kHz
High-performance analog front-end (AFE) for EOG systems
Electrooculography is a technique for measuring the corneo-retinal standing potential of the human eye. The resulting signal is called the electrooculogram (EOG). The primary applications are in ophthalmological diagnosis and in recording eye movements to develop simple humanâmachine interfaces (HCI). The electronic circuits for EOG signal conditioning are well known in the field of electronic instrumentation; however, the specific characteristics of the EOG signal make a careful electronic design necessary. This work is devoted to presenting the most important issues related to the design of an EOG analog front-end (AFE). In this respect, it is essential to analyze the possible sources of noise, interference, and motion artifacts and how to minimize their effects. Considering these issues, the complete design of an AFE for EOG systems is reported in this work.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
On the feasibility of noncontact ECG measurements
â© © 2017 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.âThe article by Kranjec et al. [1], âNovel methods of
noncontact heart rate measurement: A feasibility studyâ is
interesting and informative as it compares different contactless
methods for heart rate detection. Nevertheless, the use of the
term âcapacitively coupled ECGâ (CCECG) in the article is
confusing and may mislead readers.
That article studies the feasibility of four noncontact methods
for heart rate measurement, which are classified in
two groups: âthe methods measuring electromagnetic energy
generated by the bioelectrical activity within the cardiac
muscle (referred to as direct methods), and the methods
measuring displacement of a part of the subjectâs body
caused by the periodic physical contractions of the heart
(referred to as indirect methods). The first group is represented
by a measuring device which detects changes in
surrounding electric field...â [sic]. Later on, this device is
described in [1] as being based on âcapacitively coupled electrodesâ
and hence termed âCCECG Measuring Device.â The
electrodes are two 48-cm2 metal plates placed side by side
(see [1, Fig. 3]) placed at distances from 5 to 60 cm from the
chest.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Biosignalâbased humanâmachine interfaces for assistance and rehabilitation : a survey
As a definition, HumanâMachine Interface (HMI) enables a person to interact with a device. Starting from elementary equipment, the recent development of novel techniques and unobtrusive devices for biosignals monitoring paved the way for a new class of HMIs, which take such biosignals as inputs to control various applications. The current survey aims to review the large literature of the last two decades regarding biosignalâbased HMIs for assistance and rehabilitation to outline stateâofâtheâart and identify emerging technologies and potential future research trends. PubMed and other databases were surveyed by using specific keywords. The found studies were further screened in three levels (title, abstract, fullâtext), and eventually, 144 journal papers and 37 conference papers were included. Four macrocategories were considered to classify the different biosignals used for HMI control: biopotential, muscle mechanical motion, body motion, and their combinations (hybrid systems). The HMIs were also classified according to their target application by considering six categories: prosthetic control, robotic control, virtual reality control, gesture recognition, communication, and smart environment control. An everâgrowing number of publications has been observed over the last years. Most of the studies (about 67%) pertain to the assistive field, while 20% relate to rehabilitation and 13% to assistance and rehabilitation. A moderate increase can be observed in studies focusing on robotic control, prosthetic control, and gesture recognition in the last decade. In contrast, studies on the other targets experienced only a small increase. Biopotentials are no longer the leading control signals, and the use of muscle mechanical motion signals has experienced a considerable rise, especially in prosthetic control. Hybrid technologies are promising, as they could lead to higher performances. However, they also increase HMIsâ complex-ity, so their usefulness should be carefully evaluated for the specific application
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