Wearable Sensors for Frequency-Multiplexed EIT and Multilead ECG Data Acquisition

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2019 Mar;66(3):810-820. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2018.2857199. Epub 2018 Jul 18.

Abstract

This paper presents a wearable sensor architecture for frequency-multiplexed electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and synchronous multilead electrocardiogram (ECG) data acquisition. The system is based on a novel electronic sensing architecture, called cooperative sensors, that significantly reduces the cabling complexity and enables flexible EIT stimulation and measurement patterns. The cooperative-sensor architecture was initially designed for ECG and has been extended for multichannel bioimpedance measurement. This approach allows for an adjustable EIT stimulation pattern via frequency-division multiplexing. This paper also shows a calibration procedure as well as EIT system noise performance assessment. Preliminary measurements on a healthy volunteer showed the ability of the wearable system to measure EIT data synchronously with multilead ECG. Ventilation-related and heartbeat-related EIT images were reconstructed, demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed architecture for noninvasive cardiovascular monitoring.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Electric Impedance / therapeutic use*
  • Electrocardiography / instrumentation*
  • Electrocardiography / methods
  • Electrodes
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Telemetry / instrumentation
  • Tomography / instrumentation*
  • Tomography / methods
  • Wearable Electronic Devices*