Suppression of power-line interference by analog notch filtering in the ECG signal for heart rate variability analysis: To do or not to do?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hejjel, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Notch filter; Power line interference

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOISE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0842327414     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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