Signal conditioning with almost no multiplications via filter sharpening

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2007:561-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352352.

Abstract

"Filter Sharpening" creates a filter network using the same computationally simple filter [1] or selections from a set of computationally simple filters [2]. Applications include high-quality signal conditioning using fixed-point arithmetic and only a handful of mostly add/subtract arithmetic operations to compute each output sample value. Applied to electrocardiogram baseline wander removal, for example, the highpass filter has 3 dB corner at 0.25 Hz and better than 40 dB attenuation, yet meets stringent EC-13 medical standard performance constraints.

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography* / standards
  • Electronic Data Processing / methods*
  • Electronic Data Processing / standards
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical*