Research Article

A Robust R-peak Detection Algorithm using Wavelet Packets

by  Omkar Singh, Ramesh Kumar Sunkaria
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 36 - Issue 5
Published: December 2011
Authors: Omkar Singh, Ramesh Kumar Sunkaria
10.5120/4489-6319
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Omkar Singh, Ramesh Kumar Sunkaria . A Robust R-peak Detection Algorithm using Wavelet Packets. International Journal of Computer Applications. 36, 5 (December 2011), 37-43. DOI=10.5120/4489-6319

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                        author  = { Omkar Singh,Ramesh Kumar Sunkaria },
                        title   = { A Robust R-peak Detection Algorithm using Wavelet Packets },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2011 },
                        volume  = { 36 },
                        number  = { 5 },
                        pages   = { 37-43 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/4489-6319 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
                        }
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                        %A Ramesh Kumar Sunkaria
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                        %J International Journal of Computer Applications
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                        %N 5
                        %P 37-43
                        %R 10.5120/4489-6319
                        %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The efficient detection of R-peaks in electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is extremely important for its further processing with regard to cardiac health monitoring. In this paper, an efficient R-peak detection algorithm based on wavelet packets has been proposed. The wavelet packets decompose ECG signal into different frequency subbands of uniform bandwidth. The features evaluated from a set of subbands are combined with heuristic detection strategy for beat detection. The proposed R-peak detection algorithm was tested on different data records of standard data bases Fantasia database, MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and self-recorded signals. A sensitivity S_e= 100% and a positive predictivity of +P = 100% for Fantasia database and S_e= 100%, +P = 100% for self-recorded signals and S_e = 99.94%, +P = 99.93% for MIT-BIH arrhythmia database were achieved using this proposed algorithm.

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Keywords

R-peak detection ECG Wavelet packets Sensitivity Positive predictivity

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