Impulsive Noise Suppression and Background Normalization of Electrocardiogram Signals Using Morphological Operators

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 262-273

  Chu, Chee Hung Henry ^a   Delp, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE--SUPPRESSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING--DIGITAL TECHNIQUES;

BACKGROUND NORMALIZATION; IMPULSIVE NOISE SUPPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATORS; NONLINEAR SIGNAL PROCESSING OPERATORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; BACKGROUND NOISE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024615772     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.16474     Document Type: Article

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