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A compact electric potential sensor array for the acquisition and reconstruction of the 7-lead electrocardiogram without electrical charge contact with the skin

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posted on 2023-06-08, 08:15 authored by C J Harland, T D Clark, N S Peters, M J Everitt, P B Stiffell
Conventional electrocardiogram (ECG) systems make use of separate electrical connections to the arms and legs. These use a 'long baseline' for the voltage reference potential which in the case of precordial ECG leads is provided using a Wilson central terminal (WCT) wiring configuration. The aims of this project were (a) to construct compact, non-invasive surface ECG sensor arrays which would operate without the need for a WCT reference, (b) to obtain high quality precordial ECGs showing fine differences in ECG detail between small adjacent areas of the chest and (c) to reconstruct, from a compact array of four sensors, ECGs which closely match to the conventional 7-lead ECG system, but without the need for multiple wires and long baselines. In this paper, we describe two sensor array configurations which have been constructed using electric potential sensors (EPSs). We show high quality precordial ECGs obtained from small areas of the surface of the chest and show the different angular vectors (leads) in the frontal cardiac plane constructed using signals from the array elements. We suggest that these ECG arrays, which are simple to apply, should prove to be a valuable tool in providing useful information about the state of the heart.

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  • Published

Journal

Physiological Measurement

ISSN

0967-3334

Publisher

IOP publishing

Issue

6

Volume

26

Page range

939-950

Pages

12.0

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  • Engineering and Design Publications

Notes

This paper describes, with clinical examples, how to reconstruct multi-lead electrocardiograms from minimal sets of data. This is original, medically significant work done in collaboration with St. Marys Hospital, London and Imperial College (contact: Prof. N.S. Peters, n.peters@imperial.ac.uk). This paper has been rated in the top 3% of web accessed articles. It was included in the Journals `Highlights of 2005' collection of articles that highlight the `Very Best Research' published in Physiological Measurement in 2005. The work was funded by EPSRC grant GR/R87550/01

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Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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