Reliability of old and new ventricular fibrillation detection algorithms for automated external defibrillators

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Amann, Anton ^a,b   Tratnig, Robert ^c   Unterkofler, Karl ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FH Vorarlberg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); ECG analysis; Sinus rhythm (SR); Ventricular fibrillation (VF); Ventricular fibrillation detection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED); SINUS RHYTHM (SR); VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF); VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CARDIOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DEFIBRILLATORS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 27744599950     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-4-60     Document Type: Article

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