Detection of ectopic beats in the electrocardiogram using an auto-associative neural network

Abnormal rhythms of the heart are often preceded by the occurrence of ectopic beats. These are difficult to detect as their shape is not very different from that of a normal QRS complex, the main feature in the electrocardiogram. We show how an auto-associative multi-layer perception can be trained...

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Main Authors: Tarassenko, L, Clifford, G, Townsend, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001