Improved alignment method for noisy high-resolution ECG and holter records using multiscale cross -correlation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-353

  Laciar, Eric ^a,b   Jané, Raimon ^a   Brooks, Dana H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment method; Cross correlation; Fiducial point; High resolution electrocardiogram (HRECG) signals

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; RADIO INTERFERENCE; WHITE NOISE;

NOISE LEVELS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; WHITE NOISE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0037339253     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.808821     Document Type: Article

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