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Towards the correlation between human hydration and the electrical activity of the heart using Electric Potential Sensors

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:38 authored by Elizabeth Rendon-MoralesElizabeth Rendon-Morales, Daniel RoggenDaniel Roggen, H Prance, Robert Prance
Dehydration has been associated with several adverse effects on health and well-being such as the progressive reduction in the ability to concentrate as well as the levels of alertness when fluid intake is restricted. Currently, hydration assessment has been performed using various methods ranging from simple clinical procedures to more complex techniques. However, most of these currently used technologies are not accurate and in some cases are extremely invasive. In this paper we propose a new methodology to assess human hydration using Electric Potential Sensing technology. It is based on measuring the electric field generated by the human body. We propose to correlate the electrical activity of the heart with different levels of human hydration. For evaluating this proof of principle the proposed methodology was assessed considering several healthy subjects. The results presented show that it is possible to assess the level of hydration by measuring changes in the electric field generated by the heart using our proposed sensor technology.

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Journal

Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2015 IEEE

Publisher

IEEE

Page range

435-439

Event name

IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium

Event location

Zadar, Croatia

Event type

conference

Event date

April 13-15, 2015

Place of publication

Piscataway, NJ

ISBN

9781479961177

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  • Engineering and Design Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-04-27

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-04-27

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