Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1219-1227 , December 2009

A robust wavelet-based multi-lead electrocardiogram delineation algorithm

  • A. Ghaffari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • CardioVascular Research Group (CVRG), Iran
  • ,
  • M.R. Homaeinezhad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • CardioVascular Research Group (CVRG), Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • ,
  • M. Akraminia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • CardioVascular Research Group (CVRG), Iran
  • ,
  • M. Atarod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • CardioVascular Research Group (CVRG), Iran
  • ,
  • M. Daevaeiha

      Affiliations

    • Non-invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, DAY Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Received 19 April 2009 ,Revised 22 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.017

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1219-1227 , December 2009