Title :
Comments on "Compression of the ECG by Prediction or Interpolation and Entropy Encoding"
Author :
Borjesson, Per-Ola ; Einarsson, Goran ; Pahlm, Olle
Author_Institution :
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Malmb General Hospital
Abstract :
A recent paper1 discusses prediction and interpolation for data compression of ECG. This communication points out that both methods can be viewed as linear filtering. They are therefore equivalent and give the same result in terms of the amount of data compression achieved.
Keywords :
Biomedical computing; Cardiology; Data compression; Delay effects; Electrocardiography; Encoding; Entropy; Interpolation; Predictive coding; Telecommunication computing; Computers; Electrocardiography; Mathematics; Probability;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1980.326681
