A wavelet transform-based ECG compression method guaranteeing desired signal quality
TL;DR: A new electrocardiogram compression method based on orthonormal wavelet transform and an adaptive quantization strategy, by which a predetermined percent root mean square difference (PRD) can be guaranteed with high compression ratio and low implementation complexity are presented.
Abstract: This paper presents a new electrocardiogram (ECG) compression method based on orthonormal wavelet transform and an adaptive quantization strategy, by which a predetermined percent root mean square difference (PRD) can be guaranteed with high compression ratio and low implementation complexity.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the application of different data compression pipelines built using combinations of algorithmic-and encoding-based methods to biosignal data from wearable sensors was examined and how these implementations affect data recoverability and storage footprint.
Abstract: A critical challenge to using longitudinal wearable sensor biosignal data for healthcare applications and digital biomarker development is the exacerbation of the healthcare "data deluge," leading to new data storage and organization challenges and costs. Data aggregation, sampling rate minimization, and effective data compression are all methods for consolidating wearable sensor data to reduce data volumes. There has been limited research on appropriate, effective, and efficient data compression methods for biosignal data. Here, we examine the application of different data compression pipelines built using combinations of algorithmic- and encoding-based methods to biosignal data from wearable sensors and explore how these implementations affect data recoverability and storage footprint. Algorithmic methods tested include singular value decomposition, the discrete cosine transform, and the biorthogonal discrete wavelet transform. Encoding methods tested include run-length encoding and Huffman encoding. We apply these methods to common wearable sensor data, including electrocardiogram (ECG), photoplethysmography (PPG), accelerometry, electrodermal activity (EDA), and skin temperature measurements. Of the methods examined in this study and in line with the characteristics of the different data types, we recommend direct data compression with Huffman encoding for ECG, and PPG, singular value decomposition with Huffman encoding for EDA and accelerometry, and the biorthogonal discrete wavelet transform with Huffman encoding for skin temperature to maximize data recoverability after compression. We also report the best methods for maximizing the compression ratio. Finally, we develop and document open-source code and data for each compression method tested here, which can be accessed through the Digital Biomarker Discovery Pipeline as the "Biosignal Data Compression Toolbox," an open-source, accessible software platform for compressing biosignal data.
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TL;DR: VLSI architectures for ECG compression/decompression based on 3-level lifting discrete wavelet transform, bit-field preserving, and running-length encoding/decoding are proposed.
Abstract: Wavelet-based methods are mostly used for electrocardiogram (ECG) compression. By decomposing an ECG signal into multilevel wavelet coefficients, post-hoc encoding reduces the number of data bits for which the morphological characteristics can be still retained. ECG compression has a regular, data-independent manipulation that benefits implementation of very-large-scale integration (VLSI). This paper proposes VLSI architectures for ECG compression/decompression based on 3-level lifting discrete wavelet transform, bit-field preserving, and running-length encoding/decoding. The proposed architectures were implemented using Verilog hardware description language and verified in the Simulink and field-programmable gate array through the System Generator. Based on the MIT/BIH arrhythmia database, the compression ratio was 6.06±0.22 with an accepted rate of 98.96% by a cardiologist when the lengths of the preserved bit-fields were set to 6, 4, 2, and 0 for the a3, d3, d2, and d1 wavelet coefficients.
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...Vector quantization (VQ) has been used recently to improve the performance of ECG compression [3-7]....
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TL;DR: A QRS complex detection method is proposed based on wavelet transform (WT) with Symmlets function, which shows sharp results for ECG detection parameters.
Abstract: Wavelet theory is inspired the development of a strong methodology for signal processing and can be used as a good tool for non-stationary electrocardiogram (ECG signal) detection. In this paper a QRS complex detection method is proposed based on wavelet transform (WT) with Symmlets function. The proposed method show sharp results for ECG detection parameters. The fiducial points are easily detected and the results show that the sensitivity of the proposed detector is 99.8% and the specificity is 98.6%. The results obtained in this paper are based on real ECG signal.
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...This algorithm convolutes the signal with wavelet function and its scaled version as 10\\' pass and high pass (H, L), which are called quadrature Inirror filters (QMF) [10, 11 ] and applies decilllation operation....
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22 Mar 2007TL;DR: A wavelet-based Vector Quantization technique for the compression of Electromyogram (EMG) signals, where wavelet coefficients are arranged to form a set of vectors called Tree Vectors (TVs), where each vector has a hierarchical tree structure.
Abstract: This paper discusses a wavelet-based Vector Quantization technique for the compression of Electromyogram (EMG) signals Wavelet coefficients, obtained from EMG signal samples, are arranged to form a set of vectors called Tree Vectors (TVs), where each vector has a hierarchical tree structure Vector quantization is then applied to these tree vectors for encoding, which uses a pre-calculated codebook The encoded vector is a set of indexes of the codebook vectors The codebook is updated dynamically using distortion constrained codebook replenishment method Finally the signal is decoded using a copy of the same codebook available with encoder Tests were performed on EMG records obtained from PGI Chandigarh A good quality of reconstructed signal and sufficient compression is achieved An average CR of 2064:1 at PRD of 612% is obtained by this technique
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TL;DR: In this paper, the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and one lossless encoding method were used for real-time ECG compression by using an FPGA.
Abstract: This paper presents FPGA design of ECG compression by using the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and one lossless encoding method. Unlike the classical works based on off-line mode, the current work allows the real-time processing of the ECG signal to reduce the redundant information. A model is developed for a fixed-point convolution scheme which has a good performance in relation to the throughput, the latency, the maximum frequency of operation and the quality of the compressed signal. The quantization of the coefficients of the filters and the selected fixed-threshold give a low error in relation to clinical applications.
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TL;DR: This work construct orthonormal bases of compactly supported wavelets, with arbitrarily high regularity, by reviewing the concept of multiresolution analysis as well as several algorithms in vision decomposition and reconstruction.
Abstract: We construct orthonormal bases of compactly supported wavelets, with arbitrarily high regularity. The order of regularity increases linearly with the support width. We start by reviewing the concept of multiresolution analysis as well as several algorithms in vision decomposition and reconstruction. The construction then follows from a synthesis of these different approaches.
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TL;DR: A new compression algorithm is introduced that is based on principles not found in existing commercial methods in that it dynamically adapts to the redundancy characteristics of the data being compressed, and serves to illustrate system problems inherent in using any compression scheme.
Abstract: Data stored on disks and tapes or transferred over communications links in commercial computer systems generally contains significant redundancy. A mechanism or procedure which recodes the data to lessen the redundancy could possibly double or triple the effective data densitites in stored or communicated data. Moreover, if compression is automatic, it can also aid in the rise of software development costs. A transparent compression mechanism could permit the use of "sloppy" data structures, in that empty space or sparse encoding of data would not greatly expand the use of storage space or transfer time; however , that requires a good compression procedure. Several problems encountered when common compression methods are integrated into computer systems have prevented the widespread use of automatic data compression. For example (1) poor runtime execution speeds interfere in the attainment of very high data rates; (2) most compression techniques are not flexible enough to process different types of redundancy; (3) blocks of compressed data that have unpredictable lengths present storage space management problems. Each compression ' This article was written while Welch was employed at Sperry Research Center; he is now employed with Digital Equipment Corporation. 8 m, 2 /R4/OflAb l strategy poses a different set of these problems and, consequently , the use of each strategy is restricted to applications where its inherent weaknesses present no critical problems. This article introduces a new compression algorithm that is based on principles not found in existing commercial methods. This algorithm avoids many of the problems associated with older methods in that it dynamically adapts to the redundancy characteristics of the data being compressed. An investigation into possible application of this algorithm yields insight into the compressibility of various types of data and serves to illustrate system problems inherent in using any compression scheme. For readers interested in simple but subtle procedures, some details of this algorithm and its implementations are also described. The focus throughout this article will be on transparent compression in which the computer programmer is not aware of the existence of compression except in system performance. This form of compression is "noiseless," the decompressed data is an exact replica of the input data, and the compression apparatus is given no special program information, such as data type or usage statistics. Transparency is perceived to be important because putting an extra burden on the application programmer would cause
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TL;DR: The theoretical bases behind the direct ECG data compression schemes are presented and classified into three categories: tolerance-comparison compression, DPCM, and entropy coding methods and a framework for evaluation and comparison of ECG compression schemes is presented.
Abstract: Electrocardiogram (ECG) compression techniques are compared, and a unified view of these techniques is established. ECG data compression schemes are presented in two major groups: direct data compression and transformation methods. The direct data compression techniques are ECG differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) and entropy coding, AZTEC, Turning-point, CORTES, Fan and SAPA algorithms, peak-picking, and cycle-to-cycle compression methods. The transformation methods include Fourier, Walsh, and Karhunen-Loeve transforms. The theoretical bases behind the direct ECG data compression schemes are presented and classified into three categories: tolerance-comparison compression, DPCM, and entropy coding methods. A framework for evaluation and comparison of ECG compression schemes is presented. >
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...In most cases, direct methods are superior to transform methods with respect to system complexity and the error control mechanism, however, transform methods usually achieve higher compression ratios and are insensitive to the noise contained in original ECG signals [1]....
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...In direct methods, the compression is done directly on the ECG samples; examples include the amplitude zone time epoch coding (AZTEC), the turning point (TP), the coordinate reduction time encoding system (CORTES), the scan-along polygonal approximation (SAPA), peak-picking, cycle-to-cycle, and differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) [1]–[4]....
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TL;DR: Pilot data from a blind evaluation of compressed ECG's by cardiologists suggest that the clinically useful information present in original ECG signals is preserved by 8:1 compression, and in most cases 16:1 compressed ECGs are clinically useful.
Abstract: Wavelets and wavelet packets have recently emerged as powerful tools for signal compression. Wavelet and wavelet packet-based compression algorithms based on embedded zerotree wavelet (EZW) coding are developed for electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, and eight different wavelets are evaluated for their ability to compress Holter ECG data. Pilot data from a blind evaluation of compressed ECG's by cardiologists suggest that the clinically useful information present in original ECG signals is preserved by 8:1 compression, and in most cases 16:1 compressed ECG's are clinically useful.
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