• DocumentCode
    1218373
  • Title

    An Efficient Algorithm for Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability

  • Author

    Berger, Ronald D. ; Akselrod, Solange ; Gordon, David ; Cohen, Richard J.

  • Author_Institution
    Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology and the Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    900
  • Lastpage
    904
  • Abstract
    We present a simple efficient algorithm for the derivation of a heart rate signal from the electrocardiogram. We demonstrate that the amplitude spectrum of this heart rate signal more closely matches that of the input signal to an integral pulse frequency modulation (IPFM) model of the heart´s pacemaker than do the spectra of other ECG-derived heart rate signals. The applicability of this algorithm in cross-spectral analysis between heart rate and other physiologic signals is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    Discrete Fourier transforms; Frequency modulation; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Pacemakers; Performance analysis; Physics; Pulse modulation; Signal analysis; Spectral analysis; Algorithms; Electrocardiography; Heart Rate; Humans;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1986.325789
  • Filename
    4122420
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1218373