Cevallos-Larrea Pablo, Guambaña-Calle Leimer, Molina-Vidal Danilo Andrés, Castillo-Guerrero Mathews, Netto Aluizio d'Affonsêca, Tierra-Criollo Carlos Julio
Biomedical Engineering Research Group-GIIB, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Cuenca 010102, Ecuador.
Biomedical Engineering Program, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (Coppe), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-914, Brazil.
Sensors (Basel). 2025 Apr 30;25(9):2816. doi: 10.3390/s25092816.
The simultaneous analysis of electrophysiological signals from various physiological systems, such as the brain, skeletal muscles, and cardiac muscles, has become increasingly necessary in both clinical and research settings. However, acquiring multiple modalities of electrophysiological data often necessitates the use of diverse, specialized technological tools, which can complicate the establishment of a comprehensive multimodal experimental setup. This paper introduces a prototype system, named the Multimodal-Multichannel Acquisition Module-MADQ, designed for the simultaneous acquisition of multimodal and multichannel electrophysiological and general-purpose signals. The MADQ comprises three distinct capturing blocks, each equipped with separate reference circuits, supporting a total of up to 40 electrophysiological input channels, alongside 4 channels of analog input and 4 channels of digital input signal. The system is capable of sampling frequencies up to 16 kHz. Key features of the MADQ include individually configurable bipolar recording, lead-off detection capability, and real-time online filtering. The system's functional performance was characterized through metrics such as Input-Referred Noise (IRN), Noise-Free Bits (NFB), and Effective Number of Bits (ENOB) across varying gain and sampling frequencies. Preliminary experiments, conducted in a setup emulating a sleep study with auditory evoked potential detection, demonstrate the system's potential for integration into multimodal experimental scenarios.
在临床和研究环境中,同时分析来自各种生理系统(如大脑、骨骼肌和心肌)的电生理信号变得越来越必要。然而,获取多种电生理数据模式通常需要使用各种专门的技术工具,这可能会使建立全面的多模式实验装置变得复杂。本文介绍了一种名为多模式 - 多通道采集模块 - MADQ的原型系统,该系统旨在同时采集多模式、多通道的电生理信号和通用信号。MADQ由三个不同的采集模块组成,每个模块都配备独立的参考电路,总共支持多达40个电生理输入通道,以及4个模拟输入通道和4个数字输入信号通道。该系统能够实现高达16 kHz的采样频率。MADQ的关键特性包括可单独配置的双极记录、导联脱落检测能力和实时在线滤波。通过在不同增益和采样频率下的输入参考噪声(IRN)、无噪声比特数(NFB)和有效比特数(ENOB)等指标对系统的功能性能进行了表征。在模拟具有听觉诱发电位检测的睡眠研究的设置中进行的初步实验证明了该系统集成到多模式实验场景中的潜力。