Danilo Pani

Electrocardiography is the first-line examination for clinical assessment of cardiac dysfunction. This simple measurement makes use of unexpensive sensors to collect the biopotential generated by the cardiac cells and propagated through the human body. The quality of the recordings is severely affected by the recording condition and the used electrode. Conventional electrodes for ECG detection are based on Ag/AgCl plated metals and electrolytic gel, embedded in an adhesive structure. Unobtrusive sensing and special recording conditions, such as long-term monitoring and sport activities, required the development of different electrode technologies. In this lecture, the past, present and future of these technologies will be presented, along with the main challenges for the researchers in the field.

Danilo Pani is Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Cagliari, Italy. His research activity is focused on medical devices and biomedical signal processing. In particular:
– Tele-medicine, tele-health and tele-care systems
– Wearable electronics and textile electrodes for electrophysiological signals monitoring
– Cardiac electrophysiology and non-invasive fetal ECG
He is IEEE senior member, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bioengineering Group (GNB), member of the UNINFO Commission for Medical Informatics, and participates in several national and european projects on biomedical engineering research. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications in international journals, books and conferences, and co-inventor of 5 patents.