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Development of Chair Backrest for Non-intrusive Simultaneous Measurement of ECG and BCG

심전도와 심탄도의 무구속적 동시 측정을 위한 의자 등받이 개발

  • Lim, Yong-Gyu (Department of Oriental Biomedical Engineering, Sangji University)
  • 임용규 (상지대학교 한방의료공학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.23
  • Accepted : 2018.09.28
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

A non-intrusive ECG and BCG measurement system is introduced. The system is built on a auxiliary backrest of a chair. The developed system is aimed to non-intrusive assessment of cardiovascular dynamic indices such as pulse arrival time(PAT) and pre-ejection period (PEP). In the system, capacitive active electrodes and capacitive grounding were used for the non-intrusive indirect-contact ECG measurement, and EMFi pressure sensor was used for the non-intrusive BCG measurement. The capacitive active electrodes and the EMFi sensor were attached on the backrest. Using the system, ECG and BCG were successfully acquired. The measured BCG showed peaks that following ECG R peaks. It was shown that the time interval between Q wave in ECG and first peak in BCG correlates Pre-ejection period measured by impedance-cardiogram. The results showed that the introduced system can be used for the non-intrusive various cardiovascular information including ECG, PAT, PEP.

심전도와 심탄도를 무구속적으로 동시에 측정하는 시스템을 개발하였다. 제안된 시스템은 의자의 보조 등받이에 설치되어 맥파전달시간(PAT), Pre-ejection period (PEP) 등의 심혈관계 역학 정보를 일상생활에서 무구속적으로 측정하는 것을 목적으로 개발되었다. 본 연구에서는, 의자의 등받이에 부착된 용량성 능동전극과 용량성 접지를 이용한 간접접촉 심전도 (IDC-ECG) 측정 방법에 의해 무구속적으로 심전도를 측정하였으며, 등받이에 부착된 EMFi 압력 센서를 사용하여 무구속적으로 심탄도(ballistocardiogram)를 측정하였다. 제안된 시스템으로 심전도와 심탄도가 무구속적으로 동시에 측정됨을 확인하였으며, 측정된 심탄도는 피검자 사이에서 일정한 패턴을 보이는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 심전도의 Q파와 심탄도의 첫 번째 첨두간의 시간차가 pre-ejection period와 높은 상관관계를 보이는 것도 확인할 수 있었다. 이 연구에서 개발된 시스템은 심혈관계의 다양한 지표(심전도, 심박수, PAT, PEP 등)를 무구속적으로 일상생활에서 측정할 수 있음을 보였다.

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