Removal of power-line interference from the ECG: A review of the subtraction procedure

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Levkov, Chavdar ^a   Mihov, Georgy ^b   Ivanov, Ratcho ^b   Daskalov, Ivan ^c   Christov, Ivaylo ^c   Dotsinsky, Ivan ^c  

^a Signa Cor Laboratory   (Bulgaria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON MODE REJECTION RATIO; POWER LINE INTERFERENCE; SUBTRACTION PROCEDURE;

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; DIGITAL FILTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOTCH FILTERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; AMPLIFIER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITAL FILTERING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 26844528476     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-4-50     Document Type: Review

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