Robust off-line heartbeat detection using ECG and pressure-signals. (7th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hoeben, Bart; Teo, Soo Kng; Yang, Bo; Su, Yi
• Is Part Of: Physiological measurement. Volume 37:Number 1(2016:Jan.)
• Page Start: 41
• Page End: 51
• Publication Date: 2015-12-07
• Subjects: ECG -- blood pressure -- heart beat detection -- pacemaker -- algorithm -- CINC -- Physionet; Physiology -- Measurement -- Periodicals; Patient monitoring -- Periodicals; 612
• DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/37/1/41
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-3334

Abstract

Abstract: Artefacts in pressure- and ECG-signals generally arise due to different causes. Therefore, the combined analysis of both signals can increase the effectiveness of heartbeat detection compared to analysis using solely ECG-signals. In this paper, we present an algorithm for heartbeat annotation by combining the analysis of both the pressure- and ECG-signals. The novelties of our algorithm are as follows: (1) development of a new approach for annotating heartbeats using pressure-signals, (2) development of a mechanism that identifies and corrects paced rhythms, and (3) development of a noise detection approach. Our algorithm is tested on the datasets from the extended phase of the Physionet CINC-2014 challenge and produces an overall score of 87.31%. Finally, we put forth several recommendations that could further improve our algorithm.