Robust heart rate estimation from multiple asynchronous noisy sources using signal quality indices and a Kalman filter

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-32

  Li, Q ^a,b   Mark, R G ^b,c   Clifford, G D ^b,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Data fusion; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram; Heart rate; Kalman filter; Robust estimation; Signal quality

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA FUSION; HEART; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KALMAN FILTERS;

ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; EKG; HEART-RATE; NOISE ARTIFACTS; NOISY SOURCES; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; QUALITY INDICES; RATE ESTIMATION; ROBUST ESTIMATION; SIGNAL QUALITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRADYCARDIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; WAVEFORM;

EID: 38049013310     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/1/002     Document Type: Article

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