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Efficient R Wave Detection based on Subtractive Operation Method

차감 동작 기법 기반의 효율적인 R파 검출

  • 조익성 (부산대학교 IT응용공학과) ;
  • 권혁숭 (부산대학교 IT응용공학과)
  • Received : 2012.12.28
  • Accepted : 2013.02.19
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

The R wave of QRS complex is the most prominent feature in ECG because of its specific shape; therefore it is taken as a reference in ECG feature extraction. But R wave detection suffers from the fact that frequency bands of the noise/other components such as P/T waves overlap with that of QRS complex. ECG signal processing must consider efficiency for hardware and software resources available in processing for miniaturization and low power. In other words, the design of algorithm that exactly detects QRS region using minimal computation by analyzing the person's physical condition and/or environment is needed. Therefore, efficient QRS detection based on SOM(Subtractive Operation Method) is presented in this paper. For this purpose, we detected R wave through the preprocessing method using morphological filter, empirical threshold, and subtractive signal. Also, we applied dynamic backward searching method for efficient detection. The performance of R wave detection is evaluated by using MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. The achieved scores indicate the average of 99.41% in R wave detection.

QRS 영역 중 R파는 ECG 신호 중 가장 큰 대표 신호라 할 수 있으며, 이 점을 기준으로 다양한 특징점을 검출하기 때문에 R파의 검출성능을 높이기 위해 많은 노력을 기울여 왔다. 하지만 R파 검출은 여러 종류의 잡음성분들로 인하여 이를 분석하는데 어려움을 준다. 또한 QRS 영역의 진폭과 유사한 T파나 P파를 R파로 오인함으로써 검출의 어려움이 발생한다. ECG 신호처리는 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 자원에 대한 효율성을 고려해야 하며, 소형화 및 저 전력을 위해 단순해야 한다. 즉, 최소한의 연산량으로 정확한 R파를 검출함으로써 다양한 부정맥을 분류할 수 있는 적합한 알고리즘의 설계가 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 차감 동작 기법(Subtractive Operation Method, 이하 SOM) 기반의 심전도 신호의 R파 검출 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 형태 연산을 통한 전처리 과정과 경험적 문턱값과 차감신호를 통해 R파를 검출하였으며, 검출의 효율성을 위하여 RR 간격을 이용한 동적 역탐색 기법을 적용하였다. 제안한 알고리즘의 R파 검출 성능을 평가하기 위해서 MIT-BIH 부정맥 데이터베이스를 사용하였다. 성능평가 결과, R파는 평균 99.41%의 검출결과가 나타났다.

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