Optimal wavelets for electrogastrography

Matching a wavelet to class of signals can be of interest in feature detection and classification based on wavelet representation. The aim of this work is to provide a quantitative approach to the problem of matching a wavelet to electrogastrographic (EGG) signals. Visually inspected EGG recordings from sixteen dogs and six volunteers were submitted to wavelet analysis. Approximated wavelet-based versions of EGG signals were calculated using Pollen parameterization of 6-tap wavelet filters and wavelet compression techniques. Wavelet parameterization values that minimize the approximation error of compressed EGG signals were sought and considered optimal. The wavelets generated from the optimal parameterization values were remarkably similar to the standard Daubechies-3 wavelet.