Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

5-31-1986

Degree Name

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)

Department

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor

Stanley S. Reisman

Second Advisor

Peter Engler

Third Advisor

W. H. Warren Ball

Abstract

This thesis studied methods of using 2 channel ECG signals for noise elimination and arrhythmia detection. Clinical data were recorded from patients stress tests and were stored on diskettes for off-line processing. Spatial velocity vector and noise estimation methods in addition to analog and digital filters were combined to remove the noise produced from different sources. Feature extraction and matched filter methods were employed for classification of normal and abnormal QRS complexs, while rhythm computing was used in addition for PVCs and other arrhythmia discrimination. This algorithm was tested on clinical stress test recordings and a computer simulated arrhythmia recording with satisfactory results. Further work will be continued to improve the system for ECG data processing in real-time.

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