A robust wavelet-based multi-lead electrocardiogram delineation algorithm

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1219-1227

  Ghaffari, A ^a,b   Homaeinezhad, M R ^a,b   Akraminia, M ^a,b   Atarod, M ^a,b   Daevaeiha, M ^c  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b CardioVascular Research Group (CVRG)   (Iran)

^c Day General Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discrete wavelet transform; ECG delineation; Validation; Variable threshold

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL MORPHOLOGY; ABSOLUTE VALUES; AVERAGE VALUES; BASELINE WANDER; CRITICAL POINTS; ECG DELINEATION; ECG SIGNALS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MAXIMUM VALUES; OFFSET ERRORS; PREDICTIVITY; QRS COMPLEXES; SIMPLE APPROACH; THRESHOLDING; VALIDATION; VARIABLE THRESHOLD; WAVE DETECTION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; ERROR DETECTION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HOSPITALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WINDOWS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; T WAVE;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449519174     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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