DocumentCode :
2360052
Title :
Efficient and fast ECG baseline wander reduction without distortion of important clinical information
Author :
Hargittai, S.
Author_Institution :
Innomed Med. Inc, Budapest
fYear :
2008
fDate :
14-17 Sept. 2008
Firstpage :
841
Lastpage :
844
Abstract :
Baseline wander makes manual and automatic analysis of ECG records difficult, especially the measuring of ST-segment deviation. Since the spectrum of baseline wander and low frequency component of ECG signal usually overlaps, removing of baseline wander can cause distortion of important clinical information, particularly ST-segment distortion. The use of digital linear phase high-pass filter minimizes this undesirable effect, but it requires large computational complexity. A multirate architecture with linear phase low-pass filter working at low sampling rate is presented for removal of the baseline wander. Design tradeoff between transition band width and filter delay was considered. We determined the optimal decimation factor with respect to complexity and filter delay. For testing and assessment of behavior of baseline filter we used test signals, normal and wide QRS complexes with different heat rate.
Keywords :
computational complexity; electrocardiography; linear phase filters; low-pass filters; medical signal processing; signal sampling; spectral analysis; ECG baseline wander spectrum; QRS complex; ST-segment distortion measurement; computational complexity; electrocardiography; filter delay; heat rate; linear phase low-pass filter; low-sampling rate; optimal decimation factor; transition bandwidth; Clinical diagnosis; Computational complexity; Delay; Digital filters; Distortion measurement; Electrocardiography; Frequency; Low pass filters; Nonlinear filters; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 2008
Conference_Location :
Bologna
ISSN :
0276-6547
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3706-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.2008.4749173
Filename :
4749173
Link To Document :
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