Automation algorithm to detect and quantify Electrocardiogram waves and intervals

Abstract

Electrocardiography is the principle of recording the electrical activity of the heart over finite duration of time. It is one of the most practiced methods to detect abnormalities in the heart's electrical, arterial and muscular systems. Electrocardiogram is the voltage versus time graph obtained from the Electrocardiography machine. Automated analysis makes detection of Electrocardiogram findings and consequently determination of pathological abnormalities without human intervention possible. To achieve this goal we process digital Electrocardiograms to quantify the amplitudes and durations of waves and intervals, that is necessary for the automated analysis to find the pathological abnormalities. The proposed method processes Electrocardiograms and localizes the P, Q, R, S and T waves, subsequently it measures the PR, QT and ST intervals and segments.