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CLASSIFY FEATURE VECTORS OF ECG / EEG SIGNALS

ABSTRACT:
In this paper a method is presented to classify normal and abnormal ECG signals. It
employs a combination of wavelet decomposition, feature extraction and classification
methodology using Fisher’s linear discriminant.
It is shown that the method is effective for quantifying the classification of ECG abnormalities.
The results indicate that successful classification relies on the first two wavelet approximations.
Further decomposition leads to less accurate classification results. It has also been shown that
selection of a suitable wavelet is critical. It could be concluded that the bior3.1 wavelet is not
suitable for this method of classification of ECG signals.

INTRODUCTION:

The Electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most effective diagnostic tools to


detect cardiac diseases. Traditionally skilled physicians analyse ECG recordings in the time-
domain. However, ECG recording in the frequency domain has also been studied for subtle
pathological conditions which may not always be obvious in the original time domain [1-3].
Signal processing techniques for the information in the frequency domain include Fourier
transforms and wavelet transforms. The latter overcomes the important limitation of Fourier
transforms, which is uncertainty of the information in time after the transform [4]. The wavelet
transform has been applied to the ECG for a wide range of purposes: feature extraction [5-8],
feature detection [9-13], noise reduction [14], and data compression [15].
The combined technique of wavelet decomposition and feature extraction was previously applied
to an ECG signal to separate normal beats and abnormal beats [7, 8]. However, the separation
was not quantified.
In this paper, we combine the previously described technique with a classification using Fisher’s
linear discriminant, leading to a quantitative classification system.

ECG / EEG SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Figure 1 shows the ECG signal processing flow. The ECG signals were first
decomposed with the wavelet transform, after which feature vectors were extracted. These
feature vectors were used to classify the signal. The details of each stage are described next.
Original
ECG
signals

Wavelet
Transfer

Decompose Beat
d Classification
ECG
signals
Feature
Extraction

Feature
Vectors
of
the ECG
signals

Figure 1. ECG Signal Processing Flow

System Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:

 System : Pentium IV 2.4 GHz.


 Hard Disk : 40 GB.
 Floppy Drive : 1.44 Mb.
 Monitor : 15 VGA Colour.
 Mouse : Logitech.
 Ram : 512 Mb.

Software Requirements:

 Operating system : Windows XP.


 Coding Language: Matlab

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