Following our HRV webinar on parasympathetic activation, now explore the sympathetic ANS with IMP data analysis. Gain practical skills & improve research. Presented by Jay Schmidt, Director of Sales and Training at MindWare Technologies 0:00:00 – Introduction & Getting Started with Impedance Cardiography 0:01:19 – MindWare Resources, Training & Services […]
Webinar: Mastering Heart Rate Variability – February 13, 2025
A specialized 90-minute technical training for researchers and clinicians. Learn advanced techniques for high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) data editing, artifact correction, and signal processing using the MindWare HRV application. Presented by Jay Schmidt, Director of Sales and Training at MindWare Technologies 0:00:00 – Introduction, MindWare Resources & Training 0:11:05 […]
In-depth ECG Editing for High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability Webinar September 21st 2021
Watch on YouTube to jump to specific locations. 0:00 – Introduction 2:11 – What is ECG? 6:16 – What is HF-HRV/RSA 8:30 – How an ECG is Processed 11:30 – Why is Editing Important? 12:41 – Common Edits 14:33 – Editing Rules Examples of Editing 17:42 – Example 1 (Artifact […]
Measuring the Autonomic Nervous System
Introduction The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is a complex network of nerves and ganglia which work to regulate a variety of sensory and motor systems without conscious effort (Berntson 2006). It is separated into two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. These two branches have very clear points of […]
Modifying HRV High-Frequency Band Settings
When attempting to analyze and report ECG data in the frequency domain it is important to understand that you may need to adjust certain settings based off of the subject’s age or state of activity (resting or exercising). This article will primarily focus only on adjusting the high-frequency bands of […]
Impedance Analysis Software Webinar April 25th 2018
Watch on YouTube to jump to specific locations. Intro: 00:00 Impedance Blog Posts and User Guide: 01:20 Impedance Signals: 02:54 Impedance Signals – ECG: 03:06 Impedance Signals – ICG: 03:52 Impedance Signals – Derived Respiration: 05:48 Introduction to Impedance: 6:42 Introduction to Impedance Cardiography (ICG): 6:46 Introduction to ICG – dZ/dt Component […]
ECG 60Hz Noise Demo Data
Demo File: ECG 60 Hz Noise.zip This short file contains an ECG channel affected by 60Hz noise, which is typically caused by electrical interference. 60Hz power is common in the United States and a few other countries. In much of the rest of the world, electrical interference is characterized by 50 […]
HRV, IMP, EDA Example Data
File: HRV-IMP-EDA-Example.zip This file is a general example of HRV, Cardiac Impedance, and EDA signals. It is the same demo file distributed with v3.2 applications.
All About EDA Part 3: Data Editing
Now that we recognize the components of the EDA waveform, it is important to differentiate between actual response and fluctuations in the signal which are in fact artifacts. It is important to prevent artifact from occurring as much as possible by using quality electrodes and following best practices for data acquisition, […]
All About EDA Part 2: Components of Skin Conductance
Last time we talked about the significance of measuring electrodermal activity, and how it is collected. Now we can start looking at the resulting waveform and how to extract meaningful information from it. Scaling EDA to Microsiemens MindWare applications expect incoming data to be in volts (with the exception […]