ECG-based heartbeat classification for arrhythmia detection: A survey

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-164

  Luz, Eduardo José da S ^a   Schwartz, William Robson ^b   Cámara Chávez, Guillermo ^a   Menotti, David ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ECG based signal processing; Feature extraction; Heartbeat classification; Heartbeat segmentation; Learning algorithms; Preprocessing

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HEART; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURVEYS;

ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION; EVALUATION OF METHODS; FEATURE DESCRIPTION; HEARTBEAT CLASSIFICATIONS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREPROCESSING; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS;

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEARNING ALGORITHM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953221679     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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