Effect of residual noise level on reproducibility of the signal-averaged ECG

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-241

  Christiansen, E H ^a   Frost, L ^a   Molgaard H ^a   Nielsen, T T ^a   Pedersen, A K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Late potentials; Noise reduction; Reproducibility; Signal averaging; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029684317     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(96)80086-0     Document Type: Article

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