Adaptive matched filtering for QRS detection

Abstract

The authors have investigated the use of an adaptive filter to whiten the noise in the ECG (electrocardiogram) signal and adjust the matched filter response accordingly. They applied a simple QRS detection strategy to the filtered signal and evaluated the QRS detector with ECG data containing severe motion artifact and muscle noise. Preliminary results indicate that in the presence of severe motion artifact, adaptive matched filtering for QRS detection represents a significant improvement over application of a matched filter with a white noise assumption.