Low frequency distortions of the electrocardiogram

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 387-393

  Daskalov, I ^a   Christov, I ^a   Dotsinsky, I ^a  

^a CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

A.C. amplifier; Backward filtering; Electrocardiogram; Filtering; Low frequency components; QRS complex; ST segment distortions; Time constant

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); HIGH PASS FILTERS; PHASE SHIFT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

BACKWARD FILTERING; LOW FREQUENCY DISTORTIONS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT;

AMPLIFIERS; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031171994     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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