Automatic adjustment of manually measured QT intervals in digital electrocardiograms improves precision of electrocardiographic drug studies

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2002, Pages 697-700

  Hnatkova, Katerina ^a   Malik, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 0036950582     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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