A Non-Linear Approach to ECG Signal Processing using Morphological Filters

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikrant Bhateja ◽  
Rishendra Verma ◽  
Rini Mehrotra ◽  
Shabana Urooj
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Processing Scheme ◽  
Baseline Drift ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Ecg Signal Processing ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

Analysis of the Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is the pre-requisite for the clinical diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. ECG signal is degraded by artifacts such as baseline drift and noises which appear during the acquisition phase. The effect of impulse and Gaussian noises is randomly distributed whereas baseline drift generally affects the baseline of the ECG signal; these artifacts induce interference in the diagnosis of cardio diseases. The influence of these artifacts on the ECG signals needs to be removed by suitable ECG signal processing scheme. This paper proposes combination of non linear morphological operators for the noise and baseline drift removal. Non flat structuring elements of varying dimensions are employed with morphological filtering to achieve low distortion as well as good noise removal. Simulation outcomes illustrate noteworthy improvement in baseline drift yielding lower values of MSE and PRD; on the other hand high signal to noise ratios depicts suppression of impulse and Gaussian noises.

scholarly journals Selection of Optimal Parameters for ECG Signal Smoothing and Baseline Drift Removal

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Stantic ◽  
Jun Jo
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Information ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Decomposition Level ◽  
Baseline Drift ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Ecg Signal Processing ◽  
Baseline Wander ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽  
Selection Of

Electrocardiogram (ECG) contains crucial clinical information about the cardiac activities of the heart, however, such signal a part of being in large volume is often characterised by a low quality due to the noise and other artifacts. In order to correctly extract the important features from the ECG signal, first it needs to be preprocessed, denoised and normilised. Significant attention in the literature has been directed toward the ECG preprocessing, though there are ambiguity to which wavelet performs the best for ECG signal processing as well as which decomposition level should be used and how the baseline wander can be removed. Parameters of wavelets have been investigated but the lack of evidence for recommendations is not found. This research conducts a comprehensive study to identify some characteristics of optimal decomposition level and to identify the span that should be used. We have taken into consideration all available wavelets within the Matlab environment and tested it on a number of randomly chosen ECG signals. Results indicate that the decomposition level of 4 should be used and that the Biorthogonal wavelet bior3.9 performs the best for smoothing and baseline drift removal. Also, we concluded that the optimal value for span is 100, which guarantees the best baseline wander removal. 

scholarly journals Secured Electrocardiograph (ECG) Signal Using Partially Homomorphic Encryption Technique–RSA Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Shaikh ◽  
Wan Azizun Wan Adnan ◽  
Siti Anom Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Homomorphic Encryption ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Rsa Algorithm ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Ecg Signal Processing ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

ECG signal differs from individual to individual, making it hard to be emulated and copied. In recent times ECG is being used for identifying the person. Hence, there is a requirement for a system that involves digital signal processing and signal security so that the saved data are secured at one place and an authentic person can see and use the ECG signal for further diagnosis. The study presents a set of security solutions that can be deployed in a connected healthcare territory, which includes the partially homomorphic encryption (PHE) techniques used to secure the electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. This is to record confidentially and prevent the information from meddling, imitating and replicating. First, Pan and Tompkins’s algorithm was applied to perform the ECG signal processing. Then, partially homomorphic encryption (PHE) technique - Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) algorithm was used to encrypt the ECG signal by using the public key. The PHE constitutes a gathering of semantically secure encryption works that permits certain arithmetical tasks on the plaintext to be performed straightforwardly on the ciphertext. The study shows a faster and 90% accurate result before and after encryption that indicates the lightweight and accuracy of the RSA algorithm. Secure ECG signal provides innovation in multiple healthcare sectors such as medical research, patient care and hospital database.

scholarly journals Denoising of Ecg Signals Using Fir & Iir Filter: a Performance Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.12) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dr. Chhavi Saxena ◽  
Dr. Avinash Sharma ◽  
Dr. Rahul Srivastav ◽  
Dr. Hemant Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Iir Filters ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Iir Filter ◽  
Ecg Signal Processing ◽  
Movement Artifacts ◽  
Electric Signals

Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is the electrical recording of coronary heart activity. It is a common routine and vital cardiac diagnostic tool in which in electric signals are measured and recorded to recognize the practical status of heart, but ECG signal can be distorted with noise as, numerous artifacts corrupt the unique ECG signal and decreases it quality. Consequently, there may be a need to eliminate such artifacts from the authentic signal and enhance its quality for better interpretation. ECG signals are very low frequency signals of approximately 0.5Hz-100Hz and digital filters are used as efficient approach for noise removal of such low frequency signals. Noise may be any interference because of movement artifacts or due to power device that are present wherein ECG has been taken. Consequently, ECG signal processing has emerged as a common and effective tool for research and clinical practices. This paper gives the comparative evaluation of FIR and IIR filters and their performances from the ECG signal for proper understanding and display of the ECG signal.  

scholarly journals Development of Graphical User Interface to Classify Cardiac Abnormalities using ECG Signal

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1621-1625
Author(s):  
Sharanya S ◽  
Sridhar PA ◽  
Suresh MP ◽  
Poorana Mary Monisha W ◽  
Tharadevi R
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Signal Analysis ◽  
Cardiac Activity ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Classification Technique ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

Analysis of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal can lead to better detection of cardiac arrhythmia. The important steps involved in the ECG signal analysis include acquisition of data, pre-processing of signal to remove artefacts, feature extraction of attributes and finally identifying abnormalities. This work proposes an efficient implementation of the R-R interval-based ECG classification technique for detecting abnormalities in heart functioning. ECG signals from an online database (PhysioNet.org) was analysed after noise removal for R-R interval, as R peak has the maximum prominent amplitude in ECG wave. Deviation in the R-R interval values obtained from unhealthy was observed and compared with healthy subjects. This observation of cardiac activity can be visualised in our developed Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI platform requires only the input of the ECG signal that is to be analysed for abnormalities, which can provide the clinician with the result of cardiac abnormality classification and can help in diagnosis.  

Removal Method of Baseline Drift from ECG Signals Based on Morphology Filter

2013 ◽  
Vol 427-429 ◽  
pp. 1691-1695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Pang ◽  
Lu Deng ◽  
Jin Zhao Lin ◽  
Zhang Yong Li ◽  
Guo Quan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Simple Computation ◽  
Time Effects ◽  
Baseline Drift ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Complex Calculation ◽  
Morphology Filter ◽  
Optimal Signal

Baseline drift is the main noise of ECG signals which affects the detection accuracy so its removal plays a significantrole in the ECG signal preprocessing. Complex calculation and non-optimal signal processing cause problems of ineffective results and low real-time effects in traditional methods. This paper designs a new filter to remove baseline drift based on the theory of mathematical morphology, which is created by the geometric parameters of the ECG signal. Experiments show that the method can effectively remove the noise of baseline drift by simple computation and is helpful to improve the detection accuracy.

scholarly journals Efficient Real-Time R and QRS Detection Method Using a Pair of Derivative Filters and Max Filter for Portable ECG Device

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 4128
Author(s):  
Tae Wuk Bae ◽  
Kee Koo Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Sliding Window ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Qrs Detection ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Ecg Signal Processing ◽  
Processing Techniques

Recently, with the active development of wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) devices such as smart-bands or portable ECG devices, efficient ECG signal processing technology that can be applied in real-time has been actively studied. However, a wearable ECG device is exposed to various noise situations, thereby reducing the reliability of the detected R point or QRS interval. In addition, as early warning techniques in healthcare systems have been studied, real-time ECG signal processing techniques have become very important in wearable ECG devices. In this paper, we propose an efficient real-time R and QRS detection method using two kinds of first-order derivative filters and a max filter to analyze ECG signals measured from wearable ECG devices in real-time. The proposed method detects the R point and QRS interval in units of a sliding window for real-time processing and combines the detected R points in each sliding window. Also, the reliability of the detected R points and RR intervals is examined through noise region analysis using the histogram characteristic of a sample point. The performance of the proposed method was verified by the MIT-BIH database (DB), CYBHi DB and real ECG data measured from the developed wearable ECG patch. The proposed method achieves Se = 99.80%, +P = 99.80%, and DER = 0.36% against MIT-BIH DB. In addition, the proposed method enables accurate R point detection and heart rate variability (HRV) analysis even with noisy ECG signals.

scholarly journals Unveiling the Biometric Potential of Finger-Based ECG Signals

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Lourenço ◽  
Hugo Silva ◽  
Ana Fred
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Minimum Distance ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
User Acceptability ◽  
Ecg Signal Processing ◽  
Processing Techniques ◽  
Signal Processing Techniques ◽  
Amplitude Normalization

The ECG signal has been shown to contain relevant information for human identification. Even though results validate the potential of these signals, data acquisition methods and apparatus explored so far compromise user acceptability, requiring the acquisition of ECG at the chest. In this paper, we propose a finger-based ECG biometric system, that uses signals collected at the fingers, through a minimally intrusive 1-lead ECG setup recurring to Ag/AgCl electrodes without gel as interface with the skin. The collected signal is significantly more noisy than the ECG acquired at the chest, motivating the application of feature extraction and signal processing techniques to the problem. Time domain ECG signal processing is performed, which comprises the usual steps of filtering, peak detection, heartbeat waveform segmentation, and amplitude normalization, plus an additional step of time normalization. Through a simple minimum distance criterion between the test patterns and the enrollment database, results have revealed this to be a promising technique for biometric applications.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document