Authors:
Ivan Tomasic
1
;
Roman Trobec
2
and
Viktor Avbelj
2
Affiliations:
1
Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
;
2
Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Keyword(s):
ECG, MECG, Multivariate Linear Regression, Synthesis, Derivation, Bipolar leads, Wireless electrodes.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Business Analytics
;
Data Engineering
;
Data Mining
;
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
Datamining
;
Design and Development Methodologies for Healthcare IT
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Mobile Technologies
;
Mobile Technologies for Healthcare Applications
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Sensor Networks
;
Signal Processing
;
Soft Computing
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
The development of new technologies for electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring enables the optimization of ECG recording strategy, in terms of a number and a position of body electrodes. Emerging wireless technology, together with requirements for improved wearing comfort, dictates a special design of a wireless bipolar ECG lead, which is composed of two closely placed electrodes. The measurements from a set of wireless electrodes, can serve for the reconstruction of the standard 12-lead ECG, which is directly applicable for the current medical knowledge. We present a method for synthesizing 12-lead ECG from only three bipolar leads. The result of the proposed method, based on multivariate linear regression, is a coefficients vector that transforms the data from three bipolar leads to a synthesized 12-leads ECG with minimum loss of diagnostic information. Two presented test cases show that a linear combination of only three bipolar leads, each obtained from two electrodes on a distanc
e of 5 cm, suffices for a reliable synthesis of a standard 12-lead ECG. Wireless ECG leads can constitute a body sensor network that eliminates the need for additional wires and therefore improves the applicability of ECG device technology.
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