Wavelet-based detection of ventricular ectopic beats in heart rate signals

Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 170-181

  Thonet, G ^a   Blanc, O ^a   Vandergheynst, P ^b   Pruvot, E ^c   Vesin, J M ^a   Antoine, J P ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous wavelet transform; Heart rate variability; Ventricular ectopic beats; Ventricular extrasystoles; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DEFIBRILLATORS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; VENTRICULAR ECTOPIC BEATS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 3042937292     PISSN: 09410635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005290050018     Document Type: Article

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