An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet

Abstract Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most extensively applied diagnostic approach for heart diseases. However, an ECG signal is a weak bioelectrical signal and is easily disturbed by baseline wander, powerline interference, and muscle artefacts, which make detection of heart diseases more difficu...

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Main Authors: Yaru Yue, Chengdong Chen, Xiaoyuan Wu, Xiaoguang Zhou
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Published: Wiley 2023-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12232
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description Abstract Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most extensively applied diagnostic approach for heart diseases. However, an ECG signal is a weak bioelectrical signal and is easily disturbed by baseline wander, powerline interference, and muscle artefacts, which make detection of heart diseases more difficult. Therefore, it is very important to denoise the contaminated ECG signal in practical application. In this article, an effective ECG segments denoising method combining the ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD), empirical mode decomposition (EMD), and wavelet packet (WP) is designed. The ECG signal is decomposed using the EEMD for the first time, and then the highest frequency component is decomposed by the EMD for the second time, and the high frequency components obtained from the second time are decomposed and reconstructed by the WP for the third time. Finally, the processed signal components are fused to obtain the denoised ECG signal. Furthermore, the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR), mean square error (MSE), root mean square error (RMSE), and normalised cross correlation coefficient (R) are used to evaluate the noise reduction algorithm. The mean SNR, MSE, RMSE, and R are 5.7427, 0.0071, 0.0551, and 0.9050 in the China Physiological Signal Challenge 2018 dataset. Compared with others denoising methods, the experimental results not only exhibit that the SNR of the ECG signal is effectively improved, but also show that the details of the ECG signal are fully retained, laying a solid foundation for the automatic detection of ECG segments.
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spelling doaj-art-bc67362172c7494cb5a34b46eb0f8c7a2025-02-03T06:45:06ZengWileyIET Signal Processing1751-96751751-96832023-06-01176n/an/a10.1049/sil2.12232An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packetYaru Yue0Chengdong Chen1Xiaoyuan Wu2Xiaoguang Zhou3School of Modern Post (School of Automation) Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) Beijing ChinaSchool of Economics and Management Minjiang University Fujian ChinaSchool of Economics and Management Minjiang University Fujian ChinaSchool of Modern Post (School of Automation) Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) Beijing ChinaAbstract Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most extensively applied diagnostic approach for heart diseases. However, an ECG signal is a weak bioelectrical signal and is easily disturbed by baseline wander, powerline interference, and muscle artefacts, which make detection of heart diseases more difficult. Therefore, it is very important to denoise the contaminated ECG signal in practical application. In this article, an effective ECG segments denoising method combining the ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD), empirical mode decomposition (EMD), and wavelet packet (WP) is designed. The ECG signal is decomposed using the EEMD for the first time, and then the highest frequency component is decomposed by the EMD for the second time, and the high frequency components obtained from the second time are decomposed and reconstructed by the WP for the third time. Finally, the processed signal components are fused to obtain the denoised ECG signal. Furthermore, the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR), mean square error (MSE), root mean square error (RMSE), and normalised cross correlation coefficient (R) are used to evaluate the noise reduction algorithm. The mean SNR, MSE, RMSE, and R are 5.7427, 0.0071, 0.0551, and 0.9050 in the China Physiological Signal Challenge 2018 dataset. Compared with others denoising methods, the experimental results not only exhibit that the SNR of the ECG signal is effectively improved, but also show that the details of the ECG signal are fully retained, laying a solid foundation for the automatic detection of ECG segments.https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12232denoisingelectrocardiogramempirical mode decompositionensemble empirical mode decompositionwavelet packet
spellingShingle Yaru Yue
Chengdong Chen
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An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet
IET Signal Processing
denoising
electrocardiogram
empirical mode decomposition
ensemble empirical mode decomposition
wavelet packet
title An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet
title_full An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet
title_fullStr An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet
title_full_unstemmed An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet
title_short An effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet packet
title_sort effective electrocardiogram segments denoising method combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition empirical mode decomposition and wavelet packet
topic denoising
electrocardiogram
empirical mode decomposition
ensemble empirical mode decomposition
wavelet packet
url https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12232
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