Sequential algorithm for the detection of the shockable rhythms in electrocardiogram

Author

Ji-Wook Jeong ; Lee, I.B. ; Yoonseon Song ; Yongwon Jang ; Hyung Wook Noh ; Sooyeul Lee

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012

Firstpage

5082

Lastpage

5085

Abstract

We suggest a sequential algorithm for the detection of the ventricular fibrillation (VF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) of a rate above 180 bpm, so called shockable rhythms. The built-in algorithm for ECG analysis embedded in the portable bio-signal sensing module is aimed to discriminate between shockable and non-shockable rhythms and its accuracy is analyzed. An algorithm for VF/VT detection is proposed to analyze every 1 s ECG episode using the past 8 s episodes. The method is tested with 844,587 ECG episodes from the widely accepted databases. A sensitivity of 86.8 % and a specificity of 99.4 % were obtained and compared with the previous results.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; muscle; portable instruments; sensitivity; ECG analysis; electrocardiogram; portable biosignal sensing module; sensitivity; sequential algorithm; shockable rhythm detection; time 8 s; ventricular fibrillation detection; ventricular tachycardia; Accuracy; Algorithm design and analysis; Databases; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Heart beat; Sensors; Algorithms; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electric Countershock; Electrocardiography; Humans; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Ventricular Fibrillation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4119-8

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347136

Filename

6347136