Reconstructing ECG precordial leads from a reduced lead set using independent component analysis

Abstract

In this paper, precordial lead reconstruction from a reduced set of leads is considered. We propose the use of independent component analysis to train patient-specific transforms from a reduced lead set to the six precordial leads of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram. The proposed approach is applied to a publicly available database comprising 549 ECG recordings of patients with varying cardiovascular conditions. The fidelity of reconstruction is measured using percent correlation between the actual and reconstructed signals following a 30 seconds time lapse. The mean correlation is over 95% with a standard deviation under 12.7% for all reconstructed leads. The results demonstrate the potential of the suggested approach to provide a reliable solution to precordial leads reconstruction.