Interference reduction in ECG signal acquisition: Ground electrode removal (case study)

Nabil Hamza; Lazhar Khriji; Rached Tourki

doi:10.1109/ICCMA.2013.6506165

Interference reduction in ECG signal acquisition: Ground electrode removal (case study)

Nabil Hamza, Lazhar Khriji, Rached Tourki

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

An ECG signal is susceptible to a significant interference due to the surrounding sources of noise. The identification of these sources is necessary to acquire an ECG signal since its level is low (few millivolts) and is also immersed in a noisy environment. We propose the elimination of the ground electrode to reduce common-mode interference. We provide a qualitative model for these sources of interference and prove the effectiveness of ground electrode removal in interference reduction through an experimental design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Computer Medical Applications, ICCMA 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCMA.2013.6506165
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	2013 International Conference on Computer Medical Applications, ICCMA 2013 - Sousse, Tunisia Duration: Jan 20 2013 → Jan 22 2013

Other

Other	2013 International Conference on Computer Medical Applications, ICCMA 2013
Country	Tunisia
City	Sousse
Period	1/20/13 → 1/22/13

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Keywords

biopotential amplifier
common mode interference
common mode rejection
ECG acquisition
power line interference

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Biomedical Engineering

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Hamza, N., Khriji, L., & Tourki, R. (2013). Interference reduction in ECG signal acquisition: Ground electrode removal (case study). In International Conference on Computer Medical Applications, ICCMA 2013 [6506165] https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCMA.2013.6506165

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