An algorithm used for ventricular fibrillation detection without interrupting chest compression

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-86

  Li, Yongqin ^a,b   Bisera, Joe ^a   Weil, Max Harry ^a,c   Tang, Wanchun ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); chest compression; morphology consistency evaluation; ventricular fibrillation (VF) detection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIAC ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMPLEXITY MEASUREMENT; COMPRESSION ARTIFACTS; ECG SIGNALS; EVALUATION ALGORITHM; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPACTION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; RESUSCITATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DATA COMPRESSION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPRESSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTIM; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84555190433     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2118755     Document Type: Article

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