A method for automatic identification of reliable heart rates calculated from ECG and PPG waveforms.
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2006-05-03
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The development and application of data driven decision support systems for medical triage diagnostics and prognostics pose special requirements on physiologic data In particular that data are reliable in order to produce meaningful results The authors describe a method that automatically estimates the reliability of reference heart rates HRr derived from electrocardiogram ECG waveforms and photoplethysmogram PPG waveforms recorded by vital signs monitors The reliability is quantitatively expressed through a quality index QI for each HRr