RR interval analysis for detection of Atrial Fibrillation in ECG monitors

Author

Ghodrati, Alireza ; Murray, Bill ; Marinello, Stephen

Author_Institution

Algorithm Developments Department of Draeger Medical, 6 Tech Drive, Andover, MA 01810, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

601

Lastpage

604

Abstract

We investigate two RR irregularity measures suitable for Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) detection in ECG monitors, one based on the absolute deviation and the other based on the difference between successive RR intervals. A sequence of RR intervals is fed to the irregularity measures after applying certain constraints on length and beat classifications to provide criteria for detection of AFIB. Receiver Operating Curves (ROC) are used to analyze and compare the performance of the two methods against MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database, MIT-BIH AFIB Database and a proprietary AFIB Database.

Keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Databases; Detection algorithms; Electrocardiography; Hidden Markov models; Length measurement; Medical diagnostic imaging; Noise measurement; Performance analysis; Rhythm; Algorithms; Atrial Fibrillation; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electrocardiography; Heart Rate; Humans; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649224

Filename

4649224