Wavelet-based ECG compression by bit-field preserving and running length encoding

Hsiao Lung Chan*, You Chen Siao, Szi Wen Chen, Shih Fan Yu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Efficient electrocardiogram (ECG) compression can reduce the payload of real-time ECG transmission as well as reduce the amount of data storage in long-term ECG recording. In this paper an ECG compression/decompression architecture based on the bit-field preserving (BFP) and running length encoding (RLE)/decoding schemes incorporated with the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is proposed. Compared to complex and repetitive manipulations in the set partitioning in hierarchical tree (SPIHT) coding and the vector quantization (VQ), the proposed algorithm has advantages of simple manipulations and a feedforward structure that would be suitable to implement on very-large-scale integrated circuits and general microcontrollers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalComputer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Volume90
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 04 2008

Keywords

  • Bit-field preserving
  • Discrete wavelet transform
  • Electrocardiogram compression
  • Running length encoding

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