An Efficient QRS Complex Detection Algorithm using Optimal Wavelet
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This paper analyses the application of wavelets for the efficient detection of QRS complex in ECG. Wavelets provide simultaneous time and frequency information. In this research, the effects of the properties of different wavelet functions, such as time/frequency localization and linearity, on the accuracy of QRS detection are examined. Initially, a wavelet transform filtering is applied to the signal. Then the QRS complex localization is performed using a maximum detection and peak classification algorithm. The algorithm is applied on the ECG registrations from the MIT-BIH database. This paper concludes that the uses of wavelets improve the average detection ratio and that the wavelet functions that support symmetry and compactness provide better results. Key-words: ECG, QRS Complex, Wavelets, Cubic Spline, Haar, Daubechies wavelets.
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