Fractional Fourier Transform Based QRS Complex Detection in ECG Signal

Database. The efficiency and robustness of the proposed method has been tested on Fantasia Database (FTD), MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database (MIT-AD), and MIT-BIH Normal Sinus Rhythm Database (MIT-NSD). Aim. Because of the importance of QRS complex in the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, improvement in accuracy of its measurement has been set as a target. The present study provides an algorithm for automatic detection of QRS complex on the ECG signal, with the benefit of energy and reduced impact of noise on the ECG signal. Method. The method is basically based on the Teager energy operator (TEO), which facilitates the detection of the baseline threshold and extracts QRS complex from the ECG signal. Results. The testing of the undertaken method on the Fanatasia Database showed the following results: sensitivity (Se) = 99.971%, positive prediction (P+) = 99.973%, detection error rate (DER) = 0.056%, and accuracy (Acc) = 99.944%. On MIT-AD involvement, Se = 99.74%, P+ = 99.97%, DER = 0.291%, and Acc = 99.71%. On MIT-NSD involvement, Se = 99.878%, P+ = 99.989%, DER = 0.134%, and Acc = 99.867%. Conclusion. Despite the closeness of the recorded peaks which inflicts a constraint in detection of the two consecutive QRS complexes, the proposed method, by applying 4 simple and quick steps, has effectively and reliably detected the QRS complexes which make it suitable for practical purposes and applications.

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QRS COMPLEX DETECTION USING OPTIMAL DISCRETE WAVELET

International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications ◽

10.1142/s1469026809002576 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 08 (02) ◽

pp. 97-109

Author(s):

R. SHANTHA SELVA KUMARI ◽

S. BHARATHI ◽

V. SADASIVAM

Keyword(s):

Maximum Error ◽

Perfect Reconstruction ◽

Discrete Wavelet ◽

Ecg Signal ◽

Qrs Complex ◽

Time Frequency ◽

Qrs Complex Detection ◽

Reconstructed Signal ◽

Complex Detection ◽

Electrocardiogram Ecg

Wavelet transform has emerged as a powerful tool for time frequency analysis of complex nonstationary signals such as the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. In this paper, the design of good wavelets for cardiac signal is discussed from the perspective of orthogonal filter banks. Optimum wavelet for ECG signal is designed and evaluated based on perfect reconstruction conditions and QRS complex detection. The performance is evaluated by using the ECG records from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. In the first step, the filter coefficients (optimum wavelet) is designed by reparametrization of filter coefficients. In the second step, ECG signal is decomposed to three levels using the optimum wavelet and reconstructed. From the reconstructed signal, the range of error signal is calculated and it is compared with the performance of other suitable wavelets already available in the literature. The optimum wavelet gives the maximum error range as 10-14–10-11 which is better than that of other wavelets existing in the literature. In the third step, the baseline wandering is removed from the ECG signal for better detection of QRS complex. The optimum wavelet detects all R peaks of all records. That is using optimum wavelet 100% sensitivity and positive predictions are achieved. Based on the performance, it is confirmed that optimum wavelet is more suitable for ECG signal.

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STRONG REAL-TIME QRS COMPLEX DETECTION

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology ◽

10.1142/s0219519417501111 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (08) ◽

pp. 1750111 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. M. BENOSMAN ◽

F. BEREKSI-REGUIG ◽

E. GORAN SALERUD

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Real Time ◽

Trunk Muscles ◽

Computation Method ◽

Ecg Signal ◽

Qrs Complex ◽

Rr Intervals ◽

Ecg Signals ◽

Qrs Complex Detection ◽

Complex Detection

Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is used as a marker of autonomic nervous system activity which may be related to mental and/or physical activity. HRV features can be extracted by detecting QRS complexes from an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. The difficulties in QRS complex detection are due to the artifacts and noises that may appear in the ECG signal when subjects are performing their daily life activities such as exercise, posture changes, climbing stairs, walking, running, etc. This study describes a strong computation method for real-time QRS complex detection. The detection is improved by the prediction of the position of [Formula: see text] waves by the estimation of the RR intervals lengths. The estimation is done by computing the intensity of the electromyogram noises that appear in the ECG signals and known here in this paper as ECG Trunk Muscles Signals Amplitude (ECG-TMSA). The heart rate (HR) and ECG-TMSA increases with the movement of the subject. We use this property to estimate the lengths of the RR intervals. The method was tested using famous databases, and also with signals acquired when an experiment with 17 subjects from our laboratory. The obtained results using ECG signals from the MIT-Noise Stress Test Database show a QRS complex detection error rate (ER) of 9.06%, a sensitivity of 95.18% and a positive prediction of 95.23%. This method was also tested against MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database, the result are 99.68% of sensitivity and 99.89% of positive predictivity, with ER of 0.40%. When applied to the signals obtained from the 17 subjects, the algorithm gave an interesting result of 0.00025% as ER, 99.97% as sensitivity and 99.99% as positive predictivity.

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Processing Holter ECG signal corrupted with noise: Using ICA for QRS complex detection

2010 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2010) ◽

10.1109/isabel.2010.5702896 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jakub Kuzilek ◽

Lenka Lhotska ◽

Martin Hanuliak

Keyword(s):

Ecg Signal ◽

Qrs Complex ◽

Holter Ecg ◽

Qrs Complex Detection ◽

Complex Detection

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An adaptive thresholding technique for QRS-complex detection in ECG signal based on empirical wavelet transform

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics ◽

10.1504/ijmei.2018.091207 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 135 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Trunal Jambholkr ◽

Barjinder S. Saini ◽

Indu Saini

Keyword(s):

Wavelet Transform ◽

Adaptive Thresholding ◽

Ecg Signal ◽

Qrs Complex ◽

Qrs Complex Detection ◽

Empirical Wavelet Transform ◽

Complex Detection

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QRS COMPLEX DETECTION USING DOUBLE DENSITY DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM

Biomedical Engineering Applications Basis and Communications ◽

10.4015/s1016237208000660 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 20 (02) ◽

pp. 65-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shantha Selva Kumari ◽

V. Sadasivam

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Wavelet Transform ◽

Discrete Wavelet Transform ◽

Discrete Wavelet ◽

Ecg Signal ◽

Qrs Complex ◽

Positive Prediction ◽

Qrs Complex Detection ◽

Complex Detection ◽

Baseline Wandering

In this paper, an offline double density discrete wavelet transform based QRS complex detection of the electrocardiogram signal is discussed. Baseline wandering present in the signal is removed by using the double density discrete wavelet transformed approximation coefficients of the signal. The results are more accurate than other methods with less effort. This is an unsupervised method allowing the process to be used in offline automatic analysis of electrocardiogram. The measurement of timing intervals of ECG signal by automated system is highly superior to its subjective analysis. The heart rate signals are essentially non-stationary and contain indicators of current disease or warnings about impending diseases. The indicators may be present at all times or may occur at random in the time scale. Double density discrete wavelet transform is easier to implement, provides multiresolution and also reduces the computational time. In the pre-processing step, the baseline wandering is removed from the ECG signal. Then the R peaks/QRS complexes are detected. From the location of the R peaks, the successive RR intervals and heart rate are calculated. Fifty-two records from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database are used to evaluate the proposed method. Sensitivity and positive prediction are used as performance measures. This method detects the R peaks with 100% sensitivity and 99.95% positive prediction. The performance of the proposed method is better than other methods existing in the literature.

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