Spatiotemporal QRST cancellation techniques for analysis of atrial fibrillation
Author
Summary, in English
A new method for QRST cancellation is presented for the analysis of atrial fibrillation in the surface electrocardiogram (ECG). The method is based on a spatiotemporal signal model which accounts for dynamic changes in QRS morphology caused, e.g., by variations in the electrical axis of the heart. Using simulated atrial fibrillation signals added to normal ECGs, the results show that the spatiotemporal method performs considerably better than does straightforward average beat subtraction (ABS). In comparison to the ABS method, the average QRST-related error was reduced to 58 percent. The results obtained from ECGs with atrial fibrillation agreed very well with those from simulated fibrillation signals.
Publishing year
2001
Language
English
Pages
105-111
Publication/Series
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Volume
48
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Topic
- Medical Engineering
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1558-2531