PMID- 34892681
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220104
LR  - 20220104
IS  - 2694-0604 (Electronic)
IS  - 2375-7477 (Linking)
VI  - 2021
DP  - 2021 Nov
TI  - ECG Dry-electrode 3D Printing and Signal Quality Considerations.
PG  - 6855-6858
LID - 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630599 [doi]
AB  - A single-lead electrocardiographic (ECG) sensor with 3D printed dry electrodes is 
      developed and tested for short-term wireless ECG monitoring. In a first of its 
      kind approach, a 3D printer and available cost-effective conductive plastics are 
      used to manufacture dry electrodes that can detect an ECG when placed on the 
      chest. The electrodes could be produced in less than 10 minutes and with minimal 
      material resources. To demonstrate the utility of the newly developed sensor, 
      30-second, 1 and 5-minute recordings are captured and statistically analyzed 
      using established Signal Quality Indices (SQIs) for consumer and medical-grade 
      ECG applications. Heart rate (HR) algorithmic considerations for dry electrode 
      ECG is also explored. The performance of the proposed dry electrode ECG is 
      reliable for HR estimations similar to wet-electrode ECG measurements. The 
      obtained ECG signals demonstrated acceptable quality with Signal to Noise Ratios 
      (SNRs) ranging around 13 dB and Kurtosis Signal Quality Index (kSQI) from 
      approximately 18 to 21. Also, visually, the QRS complexes and T-wave features of 
      an ECG were easily identifiable. These dry electrodes are feasible low-cost rapid 
      manufacturing solutions for single-lead ECG monitoring that takes into 
      consideration the added benefit of better patient comfortability, good quality 
      ECG content and minimum cost for electrode development.
FAU - Abdou, Abdelrahman
AU  - Abdou A
FAU - Krishnan, Sridhar
AU  - Krishnan S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
JT  - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 
      Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International 
      Conference
JID - 101763872
SB  - IM
MH  - *Arrhythmias, Cardiac
MH  - *Electrocardiography
MH  - Electrodes
MH  - Heart Rate
MH  - Humans
MH  - Printing, Three-Dimensional
EDAT- 2021/12/12 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/05 06:00
CRDT- 2021/12/11 01:05
PHST- 2021/12/11 01:05 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/12/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630599 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 Nov;2021:6855-6858. doi: 
      10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630599.