Revisiting QRS detection methodologies for portable, wearable, battery-operated, and wireless ECG systems

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Elgendi, Mohamed ^a   Eskofier, Björn ^b   Dokos, Socrates ^c   Abbott, Derek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; NOISE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84897006836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084018     Document Type: Article

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