Automatic microvolt T-wave alternans identification in relation to ECG interferences surviving preprocessing

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-30

  Burattini, Laura ^a   Bini, Silvia ^a   Burattini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive match filter method; Complex demodulation method; Fast Fourier transform spectral method; Laplacian likelihood ratio method; Modified moving average method; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX-DEMODULATION METHOD; FILTER METHOD; LAPLACIANS; MOVING AVERAGES; T-WAVE ALTERNANS;

AUTOMATION; DEMODULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPY;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADAPTIVE MATCH FILTER METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX DEMODULATION METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTRAL METHOD; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPLACIAN LIKELIHOOD RATIO METHOD; MODIFIED MOVING AVERAGE METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T WAVE ALTERNAN; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

AUTOMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78650968166     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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