A robust method for ECG-based estimation of the respiratory frequency during stress testing

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1273-1285

  Bailón, Raquel ^a   Sörnmo, Leif ^b,c   Laguna, Pablo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

ECG derived respiration (EDR); Electrocardiography; Exercise; Repiratory system; Respiratory frequency; Robustness; Signal synthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ECG DERIVED RESPIRATION (EDR); EXERCISE; RESPIRATORY FREQUENCY; ROBUSTNESS; SIGNAL SYNTHESIS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERROR; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; NOISE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMISTOR; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746855128     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.871888     Document Type: Article

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