QRS Complex Detection in Multilead ECG Signals

Abstract

Automated analysis of HRV requires reliable detection of QRS complexes. We propose a detection method based on different combinations of three orthogonal (pseudoorthogonal) leads of human ECG signals. ECG signals were filtered by standard pass-band filter, Teager-Kaiser energy operator (TKEO) was applied on signal as envelope for detection. The most effective combination for QRS detection was a spatial velocity with sensitivity exceeds 99.9 % and positive predictive value near to 99.5 %. Detection algorithm has been tested on 125 real signals of CSE standard library.