Application of the Max-Lloyd quantizer for ECG compression in diving mammals

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Rodriguez M ^a   Ayala, A ^a   Rodriguez S ^a   Rosa, F ^a   Díaz González, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data compression; DDC; Diving physiology; DPCM; ECG

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION (DPCM); TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DEVICE; DIVER; DIVING; DOLPHIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0346725820     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(03)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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