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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Development of Washable Silver Printed Textile Electrodes for Long-Term ECG Monitoring.

Abreha Bayrau Nigusse, Benny Malengier, Desalegn Alemu Mengistie, Granch Berhe Tseghai, Lieva Van Langenhove

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Performance comparison of conductive textile electrodes in ECG monitoring.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  6. Advances in Printed Electronic Textiles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  13. Measuring Biosignals with Single Circuit Boards.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Abreha Bayrau NigusseDepartment of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4597-1615
Benny MalengierDepartment of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8383-8068
Desalegn Alemu MengistieEthiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar 6000, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-3270-5123
Granch Berhe TseghaiDepartment of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2167-7032
Lieva Van LangenhoveDepartment of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

Funding

CoE project/UGent 51235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring is very essential for the early detection and treatment of cardiovascular disorders. However, commercially used silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) electrodes have drawbacks, and these become more obvious during long-term signal monitoring, making them inconvenient for this use. In this study, we developed silver printed textile electrodes from knitted cotton and polyester fabric for ECG monitoring. The surface resistance of printed electrodes was 1.64 Ω/sq for cotton and 1.78 Ω/sq for polyester electrodes. The ECG detection performance of the electrodes was studied by placing three electrodes around the wrist where the electrodes were embedded on an elastic strap with Velcro. The ECG signals collected using textile electrodes had a comparable waveform to those acquired using standard Ag/AgCl electrodes with a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 33.10, 30.17, and 33.52 dB for signals collected from cotton, polyester, and Ag/AgCl electrodes, respectively. The signal quality increased as the tightness of the elastic strap increased. Signals acquired at 15 mmHg pressure level with the textile electrodes provided a similar quality to those acquired using standard electrodes. Interestingly, the textile electrodes gave acceptable signal quality even after ten washing cycles.

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ElectrocardiographyElectrodesSilverTextilesHumansLaunderingSignal-To-Noise RatioSilverconductive textilesECGtextile electrodeswashable electrodes

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PMID33142899
PMCPMC7663435

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