A noise removal methodology for effective ecg enhancement in heart disease prediction & analysis

S. Balasubramanian; Mahaveer Singh Naruka

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.7813

Authors

S. Balasubramanian
balabits@gmail.com
Research scholar,Department of Electronics and communication Engineering, Maharishi University of Information Technology, Sitapur Road, P.O. Maharishi Vidya Mandir,Lucknow, India
Mahaveer Singh Naruka Professor, Department of Electronics and communication Engineering, IEC College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, India

Keywords:

Adaptive filter, Electrocardiogram, Linear Mean Square, Noise removal, Proportionate LMS

Abstract

An electrocardiogram (ECG) measures the electrical activity of the heart by placing various terminals on the body. The heart cannot pump blood properly due to electrical anomalies, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the body and brain. As a result, ECGs are vital in determining the condition of cardiovascular patients. An ECG signal may be debased by various clamours, for example, power line interference, standard meandering, anode contact disturbance, movement antiquities, muscle contraction, instrumentation noise caused by the electronic device, and so forth. So, to overcome such issues, this paper brings an effective proportionate linear Mean Square algorithm (PLMS) for its improved version of LMS and progresses the adaptive tracking phenomenon and provides superior performance. Using the proposed algorithm, the adaptive filter works more efficiently and consumes less power. As a result, the signal-to-noise ratio and MSE are high and hence computational complexity is greatly reduced. Therefore, it can effectively monitor patients with heart-related problems.

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