An ECG signal compressor based on the selection of optimal threshold levels of discrete wavelet transform coefficients

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 425-433

  Al Ajlouni, A F ^a   Abo Zahhad, M ^b   Ahmed, S M ^b   Schilling, R J ^c  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data compression; Discrete wavelet transform; Electrocardiogram; Embedded zero tree

Indexed keywords

BIT RATES; CODING TECHNIQUES; COMPRESSED SIGNALS; COMPRESSION RATIOS; DATA VOLUMES; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM (DWT; DISCRETE WAVELETS; DWT COEFFICIENTS; ECG SIGNALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBEDDED ZERO TREE; OPTIMAL THRESHOLDS; OPTIMUM THRESHOLDS; RECONSTRUCTION QUALITIES; SIGNAL DECOMPOSITIONS; SUB BANDS; TARGET COMPRESSIONS; THRESHOLD LEVELS; THRESHOLDING; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS; ZERO TREES;

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); COMPRESSORS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RESTORATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TARGETS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WAVELET DECOMPOSITION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DATA COMPRESSION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; COMPRESSION; DATA BASE; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNIQUE; WAVEFORM;

DATA COMPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56249129341     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900701455763     Document Type: Article

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