Spatiotemporal blind source separation approach to atrial activity estimation in atrial tachyarrhythmias

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-267

  Castells, F ^a,d   Rieta, J J ^a,e   Millet, J ^a,f   Zarzoso, V ^a,b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Liverpool ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Biomedical signal processing; Blind source separation; Independent component analysis; QRST cancellation; Spatiotemporal signal processing

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL ACTIVITY (AA); ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF); ATRIAL FLUTTER (AF); TACHYARRHYTHMIAS;

ALGORITHMS; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 13244259195     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.840473     Document Type: Article

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