Analyzing late ventricular potentials: Using an improved alignment technique for signal averaging to increase detection reliability

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 88-94

  Speranza, G ^a,c   Bonato, P ^b,d,e   Antolini, R ^a,c,f,g,h  

^a CMBM   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e CMBM ^*  (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g University in Trento   (Italy)

^h Department of Physics

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LATE VENTRICULAR POTENTIALS; SIGNAL AVERAGING; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LOW PASS FILTERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ST SEGMENT;

EID: 0030152840     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.499765     Document Type: Review

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