Demonstration of QRS detector (2024)

cd ../data/

database = {'MIT', 'INCART'}; % name of the databases

for i = 1 : length(database)

% Singlechannel performance of PT detector

[PERFORMANCE, DETECTIONS] = singlechannel_detection_performance('PT', database{i});

performance{i}.PT= PERFORMANCE; % singlechannel QRS complex detection performance

detections{i}.PT = DETECTIONS; % singlechannel QRS complex detection (QRS complex localization)

% Singlechannel performance of HT detector

[PERFORMANCE, DETECTIONS] = singlechannel_detection_performance('HT', database{i});

performance{i}.HT= PERFORMANCE; detections{i}.HT = DETECTIONS;

% Singlechannel performance of DPI detector

[PERFORMANCE, DETECTIONS] = singlechannel_detection_performance('DPI', database{i});

performance{i}.DPI= PERFORMANCE; detections{i}.DPI= DETECTIONS;

% Singlechannel performance of GQRS detector

%Test single lead GQRS algorithm

[PERFORMANCE, DETECTIONS] = singlechannel_detection_performance('GQRS', database{i});

performance{i}.GQRS = PERFORMANCE; detections{i}.GQRS = DETECTIONS;

% Singlechannel performance of GQRS detector

[PERFORMANCE, DETECTIONS] = singlechannel_detection_performance('WQRS', database{i});

performance{i}.WQRS= PERFORMANCE; detections{i}.WQRS = DETECTIONS;

% Singlechannel performance of SQRS detector

[PERFORMANCE, DETECTIONS] = singlechannel_detection_performance('SQRS', database{i});

performance{i}.SQRS= PERFORMANCE; detections{i}.SQRS = DETECTIONS;

end

% Saving variables of interest

cd ../results/

% Save singlechannel QRS complex detections (QRS complex localization)

save('DetectionsSinglechannel','detections');

% Save singlechannel QRS complex detection performance

save('PerformanceSinglechannel','performance');

%============ Function singlechannel_detection_performance================

function [performance, detections] = singlechannel_detection_performance(DetectorName, database)

% Initialization of variables

switch database

case 'MIT'

data_path = 'MIT';

N = 2; % Number of ECG channels in the database

case 'INCART'

data_path = 'INCART';

N = 12; % Number of ECG channels in the database

end

% Time specifying the match window size. A detection time is

% considered TP if it lies within a 150 ms matching window of a

% reference annotation time

matchWindow = '0.15';

cd(data_path);

rec_ext='dat'; % using the WFDB binary dataset

records=dir(['*.' rec_ext]);

L=length(records); % Number of records in the database

detections = cell(L, N); % Cell of detections

performance = cell(1, N); % Cell of performance

%Perform detection on all ECG channels

for j = 1 : N

for i = 1 : L % Perform detection on every record

record_id=records(i).name(1:3); % name of record

[signal,fs,~]= rdsamp(record_id); % Reading record

% This if section is only valid for MIT database since record 114 has MLII on channel 2.

if strcmp(database,'MIT') && strcmp(record_id,'114')

if j ==1

m = 1; % select the next channel

else

m = -1; % select the previous channel

end

switch DetectorName

case 'PT' % Pan and Tompkins filter-based

disp(['Evaluating PT detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

[~,det] = pan_tompkin(signal(:,j+m),fs);

case 'HT' % Benitez et al. Hilbert transform-based

disp(['Evaluating HT detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

det = detectHT(signal(:,j+m),fs);

case 'DPI' % Ramakrishnan et al. dynamic plosion index-based

disp(['Evaluating DPI detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

det = dpi_qrs(signal(:,j+m),fs,1800,5); % using the parameters recommended in the code

case 'GQRS' % GQRS PhysioNet's detectors

disp(['Evaluating GQRS detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

gqrs(record_id,[],[],j+m); % Creates a .qrs annotation file at the current directory

det = rdann(record_id,'qrs'); % Read .qrs annotation file

case 'WQRS' % WQRS PhysioNet's detectors

disp(['Evaluating WQRS detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

wqrs(record_id,[],[],j+m); % Creates a .wqrs annotation file at the current directory

det = rdann(record_id,'wqrs'); % Read .wqrs annotation file

case 'SQRS' % SQRS PhysioNet's detectors

disp(['Evaluating SQRS detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

sqrs(record_id,[],[],[],j+m); % Creates a .qrs annotation file at the current directory

det = rdann(record_id,'qrs'); % Read .qrs annotation file

end

else % MIT different of record 114 and other databases

switch DetectorName

case 'PT' % Pan and Tompkins filter-based

disp(['Evaluating PT detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

[~,det] = pan_tompkin(signal(:,j),fs);

case 'HT' % Benitez et al. Hilbert transform-based

disp(['Evaluating HT detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

det = detectHT(signal(:,j),fs);

case 'DPI' % Ramakrishnan et al. dynamic plosion index-based

disp(['Evaluating DPI detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

det = dpi_qrs(signal(:,j),fs,1800,5); % using the parameters recommended in the code

case 'GQRS' % GQRS PhysioNet's detectors

disp(['Evaluating GQRS detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

gqrs(record_id,[],[],j); % Creates a .qrs annotation file at the current directory

det = rdann(record_id,'qrs'); % Read .qrs annotation file

case 'WQRS' % WQRS PhysioNet's detectors

disp(['Evaluating WQRS detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

wqrs(record_id,[],[],j); % Creates a .wqrs annotation file at the current directory

det = rdann(record_id,'wqrs'); % Read .wqrs annotation file

case 'SQRS' % SQRS PhysioNet's detectors

disp(['Evaluating SQRS detector in ' database ' ECG channel ' num2str(j) ', Record ' num2str(i) ', Remaining ' num2str(L-i) ' records']);

sqrs(record_id,[],[],[],j); % Creates a .qrs annotation file at the current directory

det = rdann(record_id,'qrs'); % Read .qrs annotation file

end

end

% In case there are no detections reported by the detector

if isempty(det)

% As recommended by the ANSI/AAMI EC38:1998, the performance of

% the QRS complex detector was evaluated from minute 5 of each

% record (300 s). Also, a beat-by-beat comparison was performed

% using MATLAB wrapper function bxb

cd ..

% Reading the annotation provided in the database (do not use

% rdann because the number obtained is incorrect)

report=bxb([database '/' record_id],'atr','atr',['bxbReport' record_id '.txt'],'300',[],matchWindow);

delete(['bxbReport' record_id '.txt']); % Deleting the file

% Measures

tp =0; % True positive

fn =sum(sum(report.data(1:5,1:5))) +sum(report.data(1:5,6)); % False negative

fp =0; % False positive

else

det(det<1)=[]; % In case there are negative detections

det = det(:); % Convert the vector into a column vector

% Write detections to disk

type = char('N'*(ones(size(det,1),1)));

subtype = zeros(size(det,1),1);

chan = zeros(size(det,1),1);

num = zeros(size(det,1),1);

wrann(record_id,'test',det,type,subtype,chan,num);

% As recommended by the ANSI/AAMI EC38:1998, the performance of

% the QRS complex detector was evaluated from minute 5 of each

% record (300 s). Also, a beat-by-beat comparison was performed

% using MATLAB wrapper function bxb

cd ..

report=bxb([database '/' record_id],'atr','test',['bxbReport' record_id '.txt'],'300',[],matchWindow);

delete(['bxbReport' record_id '.txt']); % Deleting the file

% Measures

tp =sum(sum(report.data(1:5,1:5))); % True positive

fn =sum(report.data(1:5,6)); % False negative

fp =sum(report.data(6:end,1)); % False positive

end

% Performance metrics

Se = tp/(tp+fn)*100; % Sensitivity

PP = tp/(tp+fp)*100; % Positive predictivity

% In case tp and fp are 0, PP is undefined. This occurs, for

% example, with PT detector in INCART database channel 11 record

% 66

if isnan(PP)

PP = 100;

end

DER = (fp+fn)/(tp+fn)*100; % Detection error rate

% The shortest Euclidean distance to perfect detection (point (0,1)

% in an ROC curve)

SDTP = sqrt( (1-Se/100)^2 + (1-PP/100)^2 );

% cell of detections (QRS complex localization)

detections{i,j} = det; % row = Record, column = ECG channel

% cell of performance

performance{j}(i,:) = [string(record_id), tp,fn,fp,Se,PP,DER,SDTP];

cd(data_path);

end

end

cd ..

end

ECG waveform is a key signal for the health of cardiovascular system of human body. The detection of ECG waveform is done using various electronic systems. After detection of ECG signal, it is important to examine the ECG waveform so as to detect the health of the heart. This examination can also be done using various Signal Processing techniques. The detection of QRS points in ECG waveform at a particular time instant helps to identify the height of R peak, duration of QRS interval as well as the R-R interval between two consecutive ECG waveform. Based on this information one can classify abnormal and normal heart beats which is the aim of this project.

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