Combining algorithms in automatic detection of QRS complexes in ECG signals

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 468-475

  Meyer, Carsten ^a   Gavela, José Ferńandez ^b   Harris, Matthew ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic QRS complex detection; Automatic R peak detection; Combination algorithm; Ensemble method; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beth Israel Hospital (MITBIH) Arrhythmia Database; Pan Tompkins algorithm; Wavelet algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AUTOMATIC QRS COMPLEX DETECTION; AUTOMATIC R-PEAK DETECTION; COMBINATION ALGORITHM; ENSEMBLE METHOD; PAN-TOMPKINS ALGORITHM; WAVELET ALGORITHM;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746894109     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.875662     Document Type: Article

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