Enhanced real-time ECG coder for packetized telecardiology applications

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-236

  Alesanco, Álvaro ^a   Olmos, Salvador ^a   Istepanian, Robert S H ^b   García, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Electrocardiogram (ECG) coder; Electrocardiogram (ECG) transmission; Telecardiology

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATA COMPRESSION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BEAT TEMPLATES; PACKETIZED TELECARDIOLOGY APPLICATIONS; WAVELET EXPANSION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33645703034     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2005.856853     Document Type: Article

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