A method for ventricular late potentials detection using time-frequency representation and wavelet denoising

ISRN Cardiol. 2012:2012:258769. doi: 10.5402/2012/258769. Epub 2012 Aug 26.

Abstract

This study proposes a method for ventricular late potentials (VLPs) detection using time-frequency representation and wavelet denoising in high-resolution electrocardiography (HRECG). The analysis is performed both with the signal averaged electrocardiography (SAECG) and in real time. A comparison between the temporal and the time-frequency analysis is also reported. In the first analysis the standard parameters QRSd, LAS40, and RMS40 were used; in the second normalized energy in time-frequency domain was calculated. The algorithm was tested adding artificial VLPs to real ECGs.