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Background on ECG Processing

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Ultra Low Power ECG Processing System for IoT Devices

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In this chapter the basics about ECG processing are presented. First, ECG is introduced as a representation of the cardiac activity of the heart. ECG features and extraction techniques along with ECG classifiers are reviewed. Ultra-low power biomedical circuit approaches are also discussed in this chapter.

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    Temesghen Tekeste Habte, Hani Saleh & Baker Mohammad

  2. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

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Tekeste Habte, T., Saleh, H., Mohammad, B., Ismail, M. (2019). Background on ECG Processing. In: Ultra Low Power ECG Processing System for IoT Devices. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97016-5_3

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