• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.380-388
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• 2013

Large variation in electrocardiogram (ECG) waveforms continues to present challenges in defining R-wave locations in ECG signals. This research presents a procedure to extract the R-wave locations by forward-backward (FB) algorithm and classify the arrhythmic beat conditions by using RR intervals. The FB algorithm shows forward and backward searching rules from QRS onset and eliminates lower-amplitude signals near the baseline using a statistical process control concept. The proposed algorithm was trained the optimal parameters by using MIT-BIH arrhythmia database (MITDB), and it was verified by actual Holter ECG signals from a local hospital. The signals are classified into normal (N) and three arrhythmia beat types including premature ventricular contraction (PVC), ventricular flutter/fibrillation (VF), and second-degree heart block (BII) beat. This work produces 98.54% accuracy in the detection of R-wave location; 98.68% for N beats; 91.17% for PVC beats; and 87.2% for VF beats in the collected Holter ECG signals, and the results are better than what are reported in literature.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.231-238
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• 2020

This work presents a fully analog baseline wander tracking and removal circuitry using high-pass filter (HPF) based R-peak detection and quadratic interpolation that does not require digital post processing, thus suitable for compact and low power long-term ECG monitoring devices. The proposed method can effectively track and remove baseline wander in ECG waveforms corrupted by various motion artifacts, whereas minimizing the loss of essential features including the QRS-Complex. The key component for tracking the baseline wander is down sampling the moving average of the corrupted ECG waveform followed by quadratic interpolation, where the R-peak samples that distort the baseline tracking are excluded from the moving average by using a HPF based approach. The proposed circuit is designed using CMOS 0.18-㎛ technology (1.8V supply) with power consumption of 19.1 ㎼ and estimated area of 15.5 ㎟ using a 4^th order HPF and quadratic interpolation. Results show SNR improvement of 10 dB after removing the baseline wander from the corrupted ECG waveform.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.227-232
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• 2011

The QRS complex in ECG analysis is possible to obtain much information that is helpful for diagnosing different types of cardiovascular disease. This paper presents the preprocessor method to detect R-peak, RR interval, and HRV in wireless sensor node. The derivative of the electrocardiogram is efficiency of preprocessing method for resource hungry wireless sensor node with low computation. We have implemented R-peak and RR interval detection application based on dECG for wireless sensor node. The sensor node only transfers meaning parameter of ECG. Thus, implementation of sensor node can save power, reduce traffic, and eliminate congestion in a WSN.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.293-299
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• 2004

This paper is about the extraction of basis function for ECG signal processing. In the first step, it is assumed that ECG signal consists of linearly mixed independent source signals. 12 channel ECG signals, which were sampled at 600sps, were used and the basis function, which can separate and detect source signals - QRS complex, P and T waves, - was found by applying the fast fixed point algorithm, which is one of learning algorithms in independent component analysis(ICA). The possibilities of significant point detection and classification of normal and abnormal ECG, using the basis function, were suggested. Finally, the proposed method showed that it could overcome the difficulty in separating specific frequency in ECG signal processing by wavelet transform. And, it was found that independent component analysis(ICA) could be applied to ECG signal processing for detection of significant points and classification of abnormal beats.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1996 no.05
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• pp.179-183
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• 1996

Most of the conventional electrocardiogaphies fail to detect signals other than P-QRS-T due to the limited SNR and bandwidth. High-resolution electrocardiography (HRECG) provides better SNR and wider bandwidth for the detection of micro-potentials with higher frequency components such as ventricual late potentials(LP). In this paper, we developed a HRECG using uncorrected XYZ lead. The overall gain of the amplifier is 4000 and the bandwidth is $0.5{\sim}300Hz$ without using 60Hz notch filter. Three 16-bit AH converters sample X, Y, and Z signals simultaneously with a sampling frequency of 2000Hz. Sampled data are transmitted to PC via a DMA-controlled serial communication channel using RS-485 and HDLC protocol. The noise level of the developed HRECG is less than $5{\mu}V_{rms,\;RTI}$. In order to further reduce the noise level, signal averaging technique is implemented utilizing template matching method. The SNR of the developed HRECG is high enough for the detection of LP.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.453-456
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• 2005

일반적으로 심전도는 심장계통의 질환을 판단할 때 사용된다. 이러한 심장질환의 이상 유무를 자동으로 진단하기 위해서는 QRS파형 검출을 필요로 하며, 이를 위하여 웨이블렛변환 방법이나 템플릿매칭, 룰 베이스 방법 등 여러 가지 방법들이 쓰이고 있으나, 심전도 신호가 표준화된 형태를 갖지 않는 경우는 검출 능력에 많은 한계를 갖고 있다. 본 논문은 파형의 베이스라인(baseline)을 기준으로 진폭 값에 절대치을 취하는 방법으로 파형의 R피크값을 검출하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 결과를 검증하기 위해 MIT-BIH 데이타베이스에서 제공하는 데이터와 R피크값을 본 논문의 알고리즘으로 추출된 R피크값과 비교한 결과 96.7%의 검출률을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1997 no.05
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• pp.330-333
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• 1997

In this paper, we designed a low power and small-sized, light weighted intelligent ambulatory monitoring system using a flash memory card. The system's hardware specifications are as follows: 2 channels, 8bit/250Hz sampling rate, 20M byte storage capacity, a single-chip microcontroller (68HC11E9). To easily interface with PC based system, FFS(Flash File System) was used. We obtained the QRS detection rate of 99.14 through the evaluation with MIT/BIH database.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1987.07b
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• pp.1338-1340
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• 1987

This paper describes the design of ECG data preprocess module for the ECG signals. This module process the data obtained from two channels. It is composed of the AID converter, QRS detector, one chip micro-computer and memory. This module performs the following functions;digital filtering, R wave detection and determination of reference point for the ST segment. The measured points are transfered to the next data module by the interrupt process. This preprocessor data module is available to the basis for the parallel data processing for the real time automatic diagnosis.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.06e
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• pp.113-116
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• 2000

In this paper presents the portable wireless ECG data detection and diagnosis system based on discreet wavelet transform. An algorithm based on wavelet transform suitable for real time implementation has been developed in order to detect ECG characteristics. In particular, QRS complex, S and T waves may be distinguished form noise, baseline drift or artifacts. Proposed telemetry system that a transmitting media using radio frequency(RF) for the middle range measurement of the physiological signals and receiving media using optical for electromagnetic interference problem. A standard hi-directional serial communication interface between the telemetry system and a personal computer or laptop, allows read-time controlling, diagnosing and monitoring of system. A portable telemetry system within a size. of 65${\times}$125${\times}$45mm consists of three parts: a digital signal processing part for physiological signal detect or diagnose, RF transmitter for data transfer and a optical receiver for command receive. Advantages of proposed telemetry system is wireless middle range(50m) FM transmission, reduce electromagnetic interference to a minimum. which enables a comfortable diagnosis system at home.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1395-1396
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 광용적맥파 해석에 중요하게 사용되는 최대 상승기울기(maximum dV/dt) 지점 검출 알고리즘 개발로, 미분 및 필터링을 통한 전처리 과정, 극점 검출과정, 역탐색 등의 후처리 과정으로 구성되는 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 제안된 알고리즘의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 총 74,225개의 맥박파형을 사용한 검증을 수행하였으며, 동시에 측정된 심전도 QRS지점을 기준으로 최대 dV/dt 측정 위치 정확성을 판정하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 적응형 임계치 극점 검출 방법과 함께 사용하였을 때, 제안된 알고리즘은 기존 광용적맥파 상단, 하단극점 검출 알고리즘과 유사한 성능인 98.57%, 99.98%의 민감도와 특이도, 0.02%의 오검출율을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.