A real-time microprocessor QRS detector system with a 1-ms timing accuracy for the measurement of ambulatory HRV

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-167

  Ruha, Antti ^a   Sallinen, Sami ^a   Nissilä, Seppo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Varian Dosetek Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomedical monitoring; electrocardiography; matched filters; signal detection; timing jitter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DETECTORS; DIGITAL FILTERS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENTS; MICROCOMPUTERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMBULATORY QRS DETECTOR; BIOMEDICAL MONITORING; DUAL EDGE THRESHOLD DETECTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MATCHED FILTER; PREFILTERING; TIMING JITTER;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ACCURACY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FILTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031106763     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.554762     Document Type: Article

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