Key result
Multistage ECG denoising algorithm achieves competitive high-quality signal restoration versus recent techniques.
Why the study?
A new scheme for denoising noisy ECG signals is needed to improve restoration quality and efficiency compared to existing techniques.
Does a multistage algorithm design improve ECG signal denoising compared to existing techniques?
Does a multistage algorithm design improve ECG signal denoising compared to existing techniques?
A novel multistage algorithm provides high-quality denoising of ECG signals, performing competitively against existing techniques.
Novel ECG denoising scheme requires clinical validation; leaves open diagnostic impact and real-world performance.
This work describes a new scheme for denoising noisy electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. In the first step, the noise variance is estimated using the well-known DONOHO’s estimator followed by the wavelet-based baseline wander removing. In the second step, the estimated variance is employed in the adaptive 1D Wiener filter to reduce the additive noise. Next, a Low Pass filter, based on the FFT, is applied on the resulting denoised signal. Furthermore, a cascaded Savitzky–Golay (SG) smoother filter is applied to refine the restoration process. The final step consists in the recovering of the [Formula: see text]-peaks and the surrounding areas. It can be reported that the suggested algorithm is optimal for the additive Gaussian noise and is useful for other types of noises. Both qualitative and quantitative results, achieved from several experimental tests, establish high-quality restoration ability and the efficiency of the proposed method. Thus, when compared to some powerful techniques recently published, the designed algorithm demonstrates very competitive performances.
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Harkat et al. (2020) studied Noisy electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Multistage algorithm for ECG signal denoising vs. Recently published techniques was evaluated on Signal restoration ability and efficiency. A multistage algorithm for ECG signal denoising demonstrated high-quality restoration ability and competitive performance compared to recently published techniques.
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