Modified beat segmentation for DTW based ECG compression

The proposed ECG compression method presents the new beat segmentation algorithm. Because this proposed compression method uses the residual difference between original ECG signal beat and the reference ECG beat, the ECG signal must be separated into each beat before doing the compression process. That is the duty of beat segmentation process. Therefore, this process is important step of the selective Mapping Technique ECG compression method. The main goal of this work is to design the beat segmentation algorithm which is the most suitable for this compression method. And this proposed beat segmentation algorithm is designed to replace the complicated operation algorithm. Consequently, this proposed beat segmentation algorithm uses only simple operation such as accumulation and shift operation. And moreover, the decision rule is not complicated as the previous method. The test results show that more than half of tested signals return higher compression ratio (CR). In addition, almost quarter of tested signals have better performance of percent root mean square difference (PRD). Therefore this is the alternative method for the best comparing selection.