title: R-peak detection and signal averaging for simulated stress ECG using EMD.
abstract: This study used empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for R-peak detection in electrocardiogram signals in the presence of electromyogram-like noise. The EMG was modeled as random white Gaussian noise with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the range of around -10 dB to -20 dB. The EMD-based R-peak detection technique gives results comparable to those obtained with the Pan-Tompkins algorithm. The EMD technique is implemented for filtering of noisy ECG signals and is further compared with a traditional low-pass filtering approach. Finally signal averaging is performed using the EMD-based R-peak detection and filtering approach and compared with the standard signal averaging technique. We conclude that the EMD based technique for R-peak detection and filtering shows promise for enhancement of the stress ECG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Amit J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nimunkar
authors.forename: Willis J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Tompkins
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted