AN ALGORITHM FOR THE DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING THE PULSE OXIMETRIC SIGNAL

Giovanni Calcagnini, Michele Triventi, Federica Censi, Eugenio Mattei, Pietro Bartolini, Francesco Mele

2011

Abstract

A method for the discrimination of atrial fibrillation and sinus rhythm from the pulse oximetric signal is presented. The method is based on the analysis of the ventricular rhythm irregularity, quantified by the Coefficient of Variation and the Shannon Entropy of the ventricular inter-beat intervals. A classifier based on the Mahalanobis distance is then applied. Sixty patients with an history of recurrent atrial fibrillation were studied. The method yielded a correct classification of 43 out of 43 patients with sinus rhythm, 14 out of 14 patients with atrial fibrillation, and 3 out of 4 patients with other arrhythmias.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Calcagnini G., Triventi M., Censi F., Mattei E., Bartolini P. and Mele F. (2011). AN ALGORITHM FOR THE DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING THE PULSE OXIMETRIC SIGNAL . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-35-5, pages 429-432. DOI: 10.5220/0003150804290432

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals11,
author={Giovanni Calcagnini and Michele Triventi and Federica Censi and Eugenio Mattei and Pietro Bartolini and Francesco Mele},
title={AN ALGORITHM FOR THE DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING THE PULSE OXIMETRIC SIGNAL },
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={429-432},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003150804290432},
isbn={978-989-8425-35-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - AN ALGORITHM FOR THE DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING THE PULSE OXIMETRIC SIGNAL
SN - 978-989-8425-35-5
AU - Calcagnini G.
AU - Triventi M.
AU - Censi F.
AU - Mattei E.
AU - Bartolini P.
AU - Mele F.
PY - 2011
SP - 429
EP - 432
DO - 10.5220/0003150804290432