Title :
Improved ECG compression method using discrete cosine transform
Author :
Bendifallah, A. ; Benzid, R. ; Boulemden, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Batna, Batna, Algeria
fDate :
1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An improvement of a discrete cosine transform (DCT)-based method for electrocardiogram (ECG) compression is presented. The appropriate use of a block based DCT associated to a uniform scalar dead zone quantiser and arithmetic coding show very good results, confirming that the proposed strategy exhibits competitive performances compared with the most popular compressors used for ECG compression.
Keywords :
arithmetic codes; data compression; discrete cosine transforms; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; DCT; ECG compression method; arithmetic coding; discrete cosine transform; electrocardiogram compression; scalar dead zone quantiser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.3191
