Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi
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Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi · Dec 2006
[A quality controllable algorithm for ECG compression based on wavelet transform and ROI coding].
This paper presents an ECG compression algorithm based on wavelet transform and region of interest (ROI) coding. The algorithm has realized near-lossless coding in ROI and quality controllable lossy coding outside of ROI. After mean removal of the original signal, multi-layer orthogonal discrete wavelet transform is performed. ⋯ The map, which records the positions of the important coefficients in the original wavelet coefficients vector, is compressed with a run-length encoder. Huffman coding has been applied to improve the compression ratio. ECG signals taken from the MIT/BIH arrhythmia database are tested, and satisfactory results in terms of clinical information preserving, quality and compress ratio are obtained.
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Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi · Dec 2006
Comparative Study[Comparison of heart rate variability in healthy young men during exposure to different altitudes].
The characteristics of cardiovascular autonomic nerve system(ANS) modulation during exposure to three different altitudes were compared by time domain, spectral and nonlinear analysis of short-(5 minutes)term heart rate variability (HRV). The standard deviation of all RR intervals (SDNN), the square root of the mean squared differences of successive RR intervals (rMSSD), the percentage of successive interval differences >50 ms (PNN50), low frequency (LF), high frequency power (HF), and total power (TP) at 2800 m were slightly higher than those at 1856 m, but the differences were non-significant statistically. ⋯ These results show that parasympathetic nerve activity decreases significantly, and ANS modulation is blunted after exposure to higher altitude. This kind of change of ANS may contribute to further elucidate pathophysiology in body after exposure to high altitude.