• DocumentCode
    2767051
  • Title

    Improved compression ratio for model-based ECG compression using differential coding

  • Author

    Passand, Zahra ; Azarnoosh, Mahdi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ., Mashhad, Iran
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    12-15 Nov. 2011
  • Firstpage
    918
  • Lastpage
    918
  • Abstract
    This article proposes a technique to improve compression ratio for model-based ECG compression techniques. The proposed technique takes advantage of the quasi-periodic nature of ECG signals and uses differential coding to increase the compression ratio. It is shown that the proposed technique increase the compression ratio by a factor of about two compared to conventional compression ratio for model-based ECG compressions.
  • Keywords
    electrocardiography; ECG signals; differential coding; model-based ECG compression ratio; Bioinformatics; Biological system modeling; Biomedical engineering; Conferences; Educational institutions; Electrocardiography; Encoding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1612-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIBMW.2011.6112502
  • Filename
    6112502