Using simulated noise to define optimal QT intervals for computer analysis of ambulatory ECG

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-25

  Tikkanen, P E ^a   Sellin, L C ^a   Kinnunen, H O ^a   Huikuri, H V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic ECG analysis; ECG waveform detection; Oversampling; QT interval variability; Simulated noise; Timing precision

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

QT INTERVAL VARIABILITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SIMULATION; T WAVE; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0032918920     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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