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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING LETTERS
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 18-23Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1007/s13534-012-0049-8
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Biomedical electrodes; Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Electroencephalograph (EEG); Dry and flexible electrodes; Continuous-EEG (cEEG) monitoring
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [2010-0015557]
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Purpose Continuous-electroencephalograph (cEEG) monitoring has become one of the hottest issues in the neurology field. However, the conventional EEG electrode is unsuitable for EEG monitoring because drying conductive paste leads to increase in impedance and skin trouble. Therefore, we manufactured and tested a new dry and flexible surface electrode for cEEG monitoring. Methods The electrode was constructed using a nontoxic, nonflammable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate and a contacting silver balls electrode. A patient in a comatose state due to subarachnoid hemorrhage in the intensive care unit was studied over 48 h, and EEG data were recorded for 10 minutes every hour. The proposed electrode was evaluated using impedance, power spectral density, and coherence. Results The fabricated electrode is sufficiently flexible and biocompatible. Impedance of the dry and flexible electrode (10.6 +/- 2.7 k Omega) was higher than that of the conventional Ag/ AgCl electrode (2.8 +/- 0.4 k Omega). However, the power spectral characteristics of the developed dry and flexible electrode and conventional Ag/AgCl electrode are similar throughout 36 h of recording. Conclusions Our dry and flexible electrode, compared with a conventional wet electrode, showed comparable data quality in terms of impedance, visual interpretation, and spectral characteristics during cEEG monitoring.
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