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Fusion Algorithm for Accurate Delineation of QRS Complex in ECG Signal

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In this paper, a novel algorithm for the accurate localization of QRS complex with low average time error is proposed. The idea is thought that the various features of ECG signal like P, Q, R, S and T peaks can be independently detected from raw ECG recording and fused together to obtain a better estimate of QRS position. To explore, in this paper, an algorithm is suggested to first estimate R peak and S peak from raw ECG signal and then fused together to detect and localize QRS complex. The algorithm is validated on all the signals of MIT-BIH arrhythmia database, QT database and noise stress database taken from physionet.org. The algorithm performs reasonably well even for the signals highly corrupted with noise, and these noises are generated by adding the power line interference, electrode motion artifact, baseline wandering interference and muscle artifact to all the signals of MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and QT database. The algorithm performance is confirmed not only with a very high sensitivity and positive predictivity, but also with a very low average time error of 0.63 ms against the 3.03 ms the best results reported so far for the signals of MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and 0.85 ms against the 3.6 ms the best results reported in the literature for the signals of QT database.

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The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and editor for their valuable comments which helped in improving this manuscript. The authors would also like to thank the Project Supported by the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology under No. SR/WOS-A/ET-1049/2015(G).

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Sabherwal, P., Agrawal, M. & Singh, L. Fusion Algorithm for Accurate Delineation of QRS Complex in ECG Signal. Circuits Syst Signal Process 38, 1811–1832 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-018-0939-9

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