scholarly journals R-DECO: an open-source Matlab based graphical user interface for the detection and correction of R-peaks

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Moeyersons ◽  
Matthew Amoni ◽  
Sabine Van Huffel ◽  
Rik Willems ◽  
Carolina Varon
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Rr Intervals ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

Many of the existing electrocardiogram (ECG) toolboxes focus on the derivation of heart rate variability features from RR-intervals. By doing so, they assume correct detection of the QRS-complexes. However, it is highly likely that not all detections are correct. Therefore, it is recommended to visualize the actual R-peak positions in the ECG signal and allow manual adaptations. In this paper we present R-DECO, an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) for the detection and correction of R-peaks. Within R-DECO, the R-peaks are detected by using a detection algorithm which uses an envelope-based procedure. This procedure flattens the ECG and enhances the QRS-complexes. The algorithm obtained an overall sensitivity of 99.60% and positive predictive value of 99.69% on the MIT/BIH arrhythmia database. Additionally, R-DECO includes support for several input data formats for ECG signals, three basic filters, the possibility to load other R-peak locations and intuitive methods to correct ectopic, wrong, or missed heartbeats. All functionalities can be accessed via the GUI and the analysis results can be exported as Matlab or Excel files. The software is publicly available. Through its easy-to-use GUI, R-DECO allows both clinicians and researchers to use all functionalities, without previous knowledge.

scholarly journals R-DECO: An open-source Matlab based graphical user interface for the detection and correction of R-peaks

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Moeyersons ◽  
Matthew Amoni ◽  
Sabine Van Huffel ◽  
Rik Willems ◽  
Carolina Varon
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Rr Intervals ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Processing Steps

AbstractMany of the existing ECG toolboxes focus on the derivation of heart rate variability features from RR-intervals. By doing so, they assume correct detection of the QRS-complexes. However, it is highly likely that not all detections are correct. Therefore, it is recommended to visualize the actual R-peak positions in the ECG signal and allow manual adaptations.In this paper we present R-DECO, an easy-to-use graphical user interface for the detection and correction of R-peaks. Within R-DECO, the R-peaks are detected by an adaptation of the Pan-Tompkins algorithm. Instead of using all the pre-processing steps of the latter algorithm, the proposed algorithm uses only an envelope-based procedure to flatten the ECG and enhance the QRS-complexes. The algorithm obtained an overall sensitivity of 99.60% and PPV of 99.69% on the MIT/BIH arrhythmia database.Additionally, R-DECO includes support for several input data formats for ECG signals, three basic filters, the possibility to load other R-peak locations and intuitive methods to correct ectopic, wrong, or missed heartbeats. All functionalities can be accessed via the graphical user interface and the analysis results can be exported as Matlab or Excel files. The software is publicly available.Through its easy-to-use-graphical user interface, R-DECO allows both clinicians and researchers to use all functionalities, without previous knowledge.

scholarly journals Development of Graphical User Interface to Classify Cardiac Abnormalities using ECG Signal

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1621-1625
Author(s):  
Sharanya S ◽  
Sridhar PA ◽  
Suresh MP ◽  
Poorana Mary Monisha W ◽  
Tharadevi R
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Signal Analysis ◽  
Cardiac Activity ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Classification Technique ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

Analysis of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal can lead to better detection of cardiac arrhythmia. The important steps involved in the ECG signal analysis include acquisition of data, pre-processing of signal to remove artefacts, feature extraction of attributes and finally identifying abnormalities. This work proposes an efficient implementation of the R-R interval-based ECG classification technique for detecting abnormalities in heart functioning. ECG signals from an online database (PhysioNet.org) was analysed after noise removal for R-R interval, as R peak has the maximum prominent amplitude in ECG wave. Deviation in the R-R interval values obtained from unhealthy was observed and compared with healthy subjects. This observation of cardiac activity can be visualised in our developed Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI platform requires only the input of the ECG signal that is to be analysed for abnormalities, which can provide the clinician with the result of cardiac abnormality classification and can help in diagnosis.  

scholarly journals TWO-LEAD JOINT DETECTION ALGORITHM OF QRS COMPLEXES IN ECG SIGNAL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
WANSONG XU ◽  
TIANWU CHEN ◽  
FANYU DU
Keyword(s):  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Joint Detection ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Detection Algorithms ◽  
Threshold Adjustment ◽  
Current Algorithm ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

Objective: The detection of QRS complexes is an important part of computer-aided analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG). However, most of the existing detection algorithms are mainly for single-lead ECG signals, which requires high quality of signal. If the signal quality decreases suddenly due to some interference, then the current algorithm is easy to cause misjudgment or missed detection. To improve the detection ability of QRS complexes under sudden interference, we study the QRS complexes information on multiple leads in-depth, and propose a two-lead joint detection algorithm of QRS complexes. Methods: Firstly, the suspected QRS complexes are screened on the main lead. For the suspected QRS complexes with low confidence and the complexes that may be missed, further accurate detection and joint judgment shall be carried out at the corresponding position of the auxiliary lead. At the same time, the adaptive threshold adjustment algorithm and backtracking mechanism are used to modify the detection results. Results: The proposed detection algorithm is validated using 48 ECG records of the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database, and achieves average detection accuracy of 99.71%, sensitivity of 99.88% and positive predictivity of 99.81%. Conclusion: The proposed algorithm has high accuracy, which can effectively deal with the sudden interference of ECG signal. Meanwhile, the algorithm requires small amount of computation, and can be embedded into hardware for real-time detection.

HOW TO USE CROP GROWTH MODEL WOFOST FOR FORECASTING GROWTH AND YIELD OF A CROP

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
LAL SINGH ◽  
PARMEET SINGH ◽  
RAIHANA HABIB KANTH ◽  
PURUSHOTAM SINGH ◽  
SABIA AKHTER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Crop Growth Model ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Crop Calendar

WOFOST version 7.1.3 is a computer model that simulates the growth and production of annual field crops. All the run options are operational through a graphical user interface named WOFOST Control Center version 1.8 (WCC). WCC facilitates selecting the production level, and input data sets on crop, soil, weather, crop calendar, hydrological field conditions, soil fertility parameters and the output options. The files with crop, soil and weather data are explained, as well as the run files and the output files. A general overview is given of the development and the applications of the model. Its underlying concepts are discussed briefly.

scholarly journals Two Electrode ECG And EOG System For Monitoring Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 262-265
Keyword(s):  
Reference Electrode ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Electrode System ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Biomedical Signal ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Arm Position ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽  
Total Gain

Heart and Eye are two vital organs in the human system. By knowing the Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Electro-oculogram (EOG), one will be able to tell the stability of the heart and eye respectively. In this project, we have developed a circuit to pick the ECG and EOG signal using two wet electrodes. Here no reference electrode is used. EOG and ECG signals have been acquired from ten healthy subjects. The ECG signal is obtained from two positions, namely wrist and arm position respectively. The picked-up biomedical signal is recorded and heart rate information is extracted from ECG signal using the biomedical workbench. The result found to be promising and acquired stable EOG and ECG signal from the subjects. The total gain required for the arm position is higher than the wrist position for the ECG signal. The total gain necessary for the EOG signal is higher than the ECG signal since the ECG signal is in the range of millivolts whereas EOG signal in the range of microvolts. This two-electrode system is stable, cost-effective and portable while still maintaining high common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR).

scholarly journals Capturing Electrocardiogram Signals from Chairs by Multiple Capacitively Coupled Unipolar Electrodes

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 2835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongjie Hou ◽  
Jinxi Xiang ◽  
Yonggui Dong ◽  
Xiaohui Xue ◽  
Hao Xiong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Signal Acquisition ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Capacitively Coupled ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Electrocardiogram Signals ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

A prototype of an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal acquisition system with multiple unipolar capacitively coupled electrodes is designed and experimentally tested. Capacitively coupled electrodes made of a standard printed circuit board (PCB) are used as the sensing electrodes. Different from the conventional measurement schematics, where one single lead ECG signal is acquired from a pair of sensing electrodes, the sensing electrodes in our approaches operate in a unipolar mode, i.e., the biopotential signals picked up by each sensing electrodes are amplified and sampled separately. Four unipolar electrodes are mounted on the backrest of a regular chair and therefore four channel of signals containing ECG information are sampled and processed. It is found that the qualities of ECG signal contained in the four channel are different from each other. In order to pick up the ECG signal, an index for quality evaluation, as well as for aggregation of multiple signals, is proposed based on phase space reconstruction. Experimental tests are carried out while subjects sitting on the chair and clothed. The results indicate that the ECG signals can be reliably obtained in such a unipolar way.

scholarly journals An Adaptive and Time-Efficient ECG R-Peak Detection Algorithm

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Qin ◽  
Jianqing Li ◽  
Yinggao Yue ◽  
Chengyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Peak Detection ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Peak Detection Algorithm ◽  
Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽  
Mean Time

R-peak detection is crucial in electrocardiogram (ECG) signal analysis. This study proposed an adaptive and time-efficient R-peak detection algorithm for ECG processing. First, wavelet multiresolution analysis was applied to enhance the ECG signal representation. Then, ECG was mirrored to convert large negative R-peaks to positive ones. After that, local maximums were calculated by the first-order forward differential approach and were truncated by the amplitude and time interval thresholds to locate the R-peaks. The algorithm performances, including detection accuracy and time consumption, were tested on the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and the QT database. Experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm achieved mean sensitivity of 99.39%, positive predictivity of 99.49%, and accuracy of 98.89% on the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and 99.83%, 99.90%, and 99.73%, respectively, on the QT database. By processing one ECG record, the mean time consumptions were 0.872 s and 0.763 s for the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and QT database, respectively, yielding 30.6% and 32.9% of time reduction compared to the traditional Pan-Tompkins method.

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM APPLIED ON PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION WITH ECG SIGNAL

2009 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 341-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUANG-CHIEN CHIU ◽  
CHOU-MIN CHUANG ◽  
CHIH-YU HSU
Keyword(s):  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Discrete Wavelet Transform ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Rejection Rate ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Discrete Wavelet ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Identity Verification ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

The main purpose of this study is to present a novel personal authentication approach with the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. The electrocardiogram is a recording of the electrical activity of the heart and the recorded signals can be used for individual verification because ECG signals of one person are never the same as those of others. The discrete wavelet transform was applied for extracting features that are the wavelet coefficients derived from digitized signals sampled from one-lead ECG signal. By the proposed approach applied on 35 normal subjects and 10 arrhythmia patients, the verification rate was 100% for normal subjects and 81% for arrhythmia patients. Furthermore, the performance of the ECG verification system was evaluated by the false acceptance rate (FAR) and false rejection rate (FRR). The FAR was 0.83% and FRR was 0.86% for a database containing only 35 normal subjects. When 10 arrhythmia patients were added into the database, FAR was 12.50% and FRR was 5.11%. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed approach worked well for normal subjects. For this reason, it can be concluded that ECG used as a biometric measure for personal identity verification is feasible.

A REAL-TIME QT INTERVAL DETECTION ALGORITHM

2008 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 251-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. E. HADJ SLIMANE ◽  
F. BEREKSI REGUIG
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Qt Interval ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Qrs Detection ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Wave Detection ◽  
T Wave ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽  
Ventricular Depolarization

The QT interval is the electrocardiographic representation of the duration of ventricular depolarization and repolarization. In this paper, we have developed a new real-time QT interval detection algorithm for automatically locating the onset of QRS and the end of the T wave. The algorithm consists of several steps: signal-to-noise enhancement, QRS detection, QRS onset, and T-wave end definition. The detection algorithm is tested on electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from the universal MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database. The resulting QRS detection algorithm has a sensitivity of 99.79% and a specificity of 99.72%. The QRS onset and T-wave detection algorithm is tested using several data records from the MIT/BIH Arrhythmia Database. The results obtained are shown to be highly satisfactory.

scholarly journals Anticipating Atrial Fibrillation Signal Using Efficient Algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Mohand Lokman Ahmad Al-dabag ◽  
Haider Th. Salim ALRikabi ◽  
Raid Rafi Omar Al-Nima
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Heart Problem ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
The Right ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽  
Low Computational Cost

One of the common types of arrhythmia is Atrial Fibrillation (AF), it may cause death to patients. Correct diagnosing of heart problem through examining the Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal will lead to prescribe the right treatment for a patient. This study proposes a system that distinguishes between the normal and AF ECG signals. First, this work provides a novel algorithm for segmenting the ECG signal for extracting a single heartbeat. The algorithm utilizes low computational cost techniques to segment the ECG signal. Then, useful pre-processing and feature extraction methods are suggested. Two classifiers, Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), are separately used to evaluate the two proposed algorithms. The performance of the last proposed method with the two classifiers (SVM and MLP) show an improvement of about (19% and 17%, respectively) after using the proposed segmentation method so it became 96.2% and 97.5%, respectively.

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