Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 834-842 , September 2008

Enhancement of accuracy and reproducibility of parametric modeling for estimating abnormal intra-QRS potentials in signal-averaged electrocardiograms

  • Chun-Cheng Lin

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Received 16 February 2007 ,Revised 28 September 2007 ,Accepted 1 October 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00163-4

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.10.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 834-842 , September 2008

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