ISSN:
1741-0444
Keywords:
First heart sounds
;
Linear prediction
;
Phonocardiogram
;
Second heart sounds
;
Spectral tracking
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A detection algorithm for the first and the second heart sounds, which is one of the most important problems in an automatic diagnostic system for phonocardiograms, has been developed. It is based on the frequency-domain characteristics of heart sounds analysed by a linear-prediction method. The performance of the algorithm has been evaluated in 187 samples that contain 881 cardiac cycles including normal and abnormal subjects. The algorithm uses low frequency spectral tracking for the time series of the phonocardiogram. It can track spectral level smoothly so that it is fairly effective for the detection of heart sounds. This tracking procedure can be used in other applications such as electroencephalogram processing.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02442475
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