Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia associated with a major economic burden for the society. Automatic detection of AF in long term recordings can efficiently assist in early diagnosis and management of comorbidities associated with AF. This study presents a novel approach for AF detection based on Inter Beat Intervals (IBI) extracted from long term electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings. Five time-domain features are extracted from the IBIs and a Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used for classification. The results are compared to a state of the art algorithm based on raw ECG. Both algorithms are evaluated on the MIT-BIH Atrial Fibrillation database resulting in equally high classification performance (Sensitivity≥ 95%). The proposed approach requires detection of R-peaks in the ECG signal but allows for significantly reduced computation time without loss of performance.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication date | 2017 |
Pages | 2039-2042 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5090-2809-2 |
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Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - International Convention Center, Jeju Island, Jeju, Korea, Republic of Duration: 11 Jul 2017 → 15 Jul 2017 Conference number: 39 |
Conference
Conference | 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society |
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Number | 39 |
Location | International Convention Center, Jeju Island |
Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Jeju |
Period | 11/07/2017 → 15/07/2017 |