Phase-space reconstruction of electrocardiogram for heartbeat classification

Hsiao Lung Chan*, Shih Chin Fang, Pei Kuang Chao, Chun Li Wang, Jyh Da Wei

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Abstract

Heartbeat classification is crucial for cardiac arrhythmia analysis. QRS complex presents important characteristics which are beneficial to distinguish abnormal beats from normal beats. In the present study we propose a novel descriptor for QRS complex. The waveform is transformed to a two-dimensional phase space and then mapped to a one-dimensional portrait partition area (PPA). The proposed morphological descriptor has advantages of no need to detect Q and S characteristic points, tolerating R-peak misalignment and taking into account temporal relation of data samples. On the basis of 32 records from the MIT/BIH arrhythmia database, normal QRS and premature ventricular contraction (PVC) beats show different phase space portraits and PPA. An artificial neuronal network using PPA as the input feature was built for heartbeat classification. Our results showed that the sensitivity and specificity of distinguishing PVC from normal QRS achieved 0.9699 and 0.9651 in the testing sets, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationImage Processing, Biosignal Processing, Modelling and Simulation, Biomechanics
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1234-1237
Number of pages4
Edition4
ISBN (Print)9783642038815
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: Image Processing, Biosignal Processing, Modelling and Simulation, Biomechanics - Munich, Germany
Duration: 07 09 200912 09 2009

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Number4
Volume25
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Conference

ConferenceWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: Image Processing, Biosignal Processing, Modelling and Simulation, Biomechanics
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period07/09/0912/09/09

Keywords

  • Electrocardiograms
  • Heartbeat classification
  • Phase space reconstruction
  • Premature ventricular contraction

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