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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2007.28.4.441

A Novel Method to Estimate Heart Rate from ECG  

Leu, Jenq-Shiun (Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University)
Lo, Pei-Chen (Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.28, no.4, 2007 , pp. 441-448 More about this Journal
Abstract
Heart rate variability (HRV) in electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important index for understanding the health status of heart and the autonomic nervous system. Most HRV analysis approaches are based on the proper heart rate (HR) data. Estimation of heart rate is thus a key process in the HRV study. In this paper, we report an innovative method to estimate the heart rate. This method is mainly based on the concept of periodicity transform (PT) and instantaneous period (IP) estimate. The method presented is accordingly called the "PT-IP method." It does not require ECG R-wave detection and thus possesses robust noise-immune capability. While the noise contamination, ECG time-varying morphology, and subjects' physiological variations make the R-wave detection a difficult task, this method can help us effectively estimate HR for medical research and clinical diagnosis. The results of estimating HR from empirical ECG data verify the efficacy and reliability of the proposed method.
Keywords
heart rate (HR); heart rate variability (HRV); instantaneous period; periodicity transform; PT-IP method; electrocardiogram (ECG);
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