Atrial activity extraction for atrial fibrillation analysis using blind source separation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1176-1186

  Rieta, José Joaquín ^a   Castells, Francisco ^a   Sánchez, César ^b   Zarzoso, Vicente ^c   Millet, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Blind source separation; ECG; Forward electrocardiography problem; Independent component analysis; QRS cancellation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOELECTRIC ACTIVITY; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION (BSS);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942722462     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.827272     Document Type: Article

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