Accuracy of popular automatic QT interval algorithms assessed by a 'Gold Standard' and comparison with a Novel method: Computer simulation study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hunt, Anthony Charles ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Technology   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL ASSAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; T WAVE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVEFORM; WHITE NOISE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 26844448573     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-5-29     Document Type: Article

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