Application of wavelet-based ECG data compression for a wireless telecardiology system

Author

Istepanian, R.S.H. ; Petrosian, A. ; Chen, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Polytech. Inst., Toronto, Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

A new wavelet based ECG compression algorithm compatible for mobile telecardiology applications is presented. The compression results on three standard segments of clinical ECG data using different wavelet transforms complemented with scalar quantization and Huffman coding procedures suitable for GSM cellular design are presented. The compression results show the compatibility of the compression method for ECG monitoring especially for emergency scenarios and mobile telemedical application

Keywords

Huffman codes; cellular radio; data compression; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; quantisation (signal); telemedicine; wavelet transforms; ECG monitoring; GSM cellular design; Huffman coding; clinical ECG data; emergency scenarios; mobile telecardiology applications; mobile telemedical application; scalar quantization; wavelet transforms; wavelet-based ECG data compression; wireless telecardiology system; Application software; Communication standards; Data compression; Databases; Electrocardiography; GSM; Huffman coding; Quantization; Telemedicine; Wavelet transforms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803856

Filename

803856