Electrical characterization of textile electrodes for an ECG acquisition system

Abstract

Electrocardiograph signals (ECG) are one of the most important parameters used for monitoring the human physiological state. Nowadays, the research works using fabric conductive textiles for ECG are focusing on reliable and wearable systems. However, a complete characterization of textile electrodes is required to integrate it in standard clothing. Therefore, this work is devoted to the electrical characterization of electrodes based on conductive textile for an ECG system that monitoring the different human positions and also a comparison using the traditional silver (Ag/AgCl) chloride electrodes is presented allowing to demonstrate that ECG measured signal with these devices is proper for applications in wearable health monitoring.