Table 5 The peak-to-peak noise voltage and total noise power of the bipolar channel over the recorded 0.05–100 Hz recorded band.

From: ECG signal quality in intermittent long-term dry electrode recordings with controlled motion artifacts

Electrode

Noise Vp-p · 10–6

Total noise power V2/Hz · 10–9

Conductive polymer

408

39.3

Conductive fabric without membrane

264

11.7

Conductive fabric with membranea

265

8.17

Stainless steel

166

11.5

Silver

197

8.04

Platinum

219

13.7

Biopac MP36 amplifier

6.98

0.0198

  1. aDue to artifacts in the data, the results for the conductive fabric with the membrane electrode were not calculated after 5 min of settling but rather after 4 min.
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